1SA-14:1  Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son

of

Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let

us go

over to the Philistines' garrison, that [is] on the other side.

But he

told not his father.

1SA-14:2  And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under

a

pomegranate tree which [is] in Migron: and the people that

[were] with

him [were] about six hundred men;

1SA-14:3  And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the

son of

Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an

ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

1SA-14:4  And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to

go

over unto the Philistines' garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on

the

one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of

the one

[was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

1SA-14:5  The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over

against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

1SA-14:6  And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his

armour,

Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these

uncircumcised: it

may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no

restraint to

the LORD to save by many or by few.

1SA-14:7  And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in

thine heart: turn thee; behold, I [am] with thee according to thy

heart.

1SA-14:8  Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto

[these]

men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

1SA-14:9  If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you;

then

we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

1SA-14:10  But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will

go up:

for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this [shall

be] a

sign unto us.

1SA-14:11  And both of them discovered themselves unto the

garrison of

the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews

come

forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

1SA-14:12  And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his

armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a

thing.

And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for

the

LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

1SA-14:13  And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his

feet,

and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;

and his

armourbearer slew after him.

1SA-14:14  And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his

armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an

half

acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow].

1SA-14:15  And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and

among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also

trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

1SA-14:16  And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked;

 and,

behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down

[one

another].

1SA-14:17  Then said Saul unto the people that [were] with him,

Number

now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,

behold,

Jonathan and his armourbearer [were] not [there].

1SA-14:18  And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God.

 For

the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

1SA-14:19  And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the

priest,

that the noise that [was] in the host of the Philistines went on

and

increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.

1SA-14:20  And Saul and all the people that [were] with him

assembled

themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's

sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great

discomfiture.

1SA-14:21  Moreover the Hebrews [that] were with the Philistines

before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the

country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the

Israelites that [were] with Saul and Jonathan.

1SA-14:22  Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid

themselves in

mount Ephraim, [when] they heard that the Philistines fled, even

they

also followed hard after them in the battle.

1SA-14:23  So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle

passed

over unto Bethaven.

1SA-14:24  And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for

Saul

had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth

[any]

food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So

none of

the people tasted [any] food.

1SA-14:25  And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there

was

honey upon the ground.

1SA-14:26  And when the people were come into the wood, behold,

the

honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the

people

feared the oath.

1SA-14:27  But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the

people

with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that

[was] in

his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his

mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

1SA-14:28  Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father

straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be]

the man

that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint.

1SA-14:29  Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land:

see,

I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I

tasted a

little of this honey.

1SA-14:30  How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely

to day

of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there

not been

now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1SA-14:31  And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash

to

Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

1SA-14:32  And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep,

and

oxen, and calves, and slew [them] on the ground: and the people

did

eat [them] with the blood.

1SA-14:33  Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin

against

the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have

transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

1SA-14:34  And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people,

and

say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man

his

sheep, and slay [them] here, and eat; and sin not against the

LORD in

eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his

ox

with him that night, and slew [them] there.

1SA-14:35  And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was

the

first altar that he built unto the LORD.

1SA-14:36  And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by

night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not

leave a

man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.

 Then

said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

1SA-14:37  And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after

the

Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But

he

answered him not that day.

1SA-14:38  And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of

the

people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

1SA-14:39  For, [as] the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel,

though it

be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But [there was] not

a man

among all the people [that] answered him.

1SA-14:40  Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and

I and

Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said

unto

Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

1SA-14:41  Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give

a

perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people

escaped.

1SA-14:42  And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my

son.

And Jonathan was taken.

1SA-14:43  Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast

done.

And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey

with

the end of the rod that [was] in mine hand, [and], lo, I must

die.

1SA-14:44  And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou

shalt

surely die, Jonathan.

1SA-14:45  And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die,

who hath

wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: [as] the LORD

liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground;

for

he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued

Jonathan,

that he died not.

1SA-14:46  Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and

the

Philistines went to their own place.

1SA-14:47  So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought

against

all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the

children

of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and

against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he

vexed

[them].

1SA-14:48  And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and

delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

1SA-14:49  Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and

Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters [were these]; the

name

of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

1SA-14:50  And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the

daughter of

Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host [was] Abner,

the son

of Ner, Saul's uncle.

1SA-14:51  And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father

of

Abner [was] the son of Abiel.

1SA-14:52  And there was sore war against the Philistines all

the days

of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man,

he took

him unto him.



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