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One
day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing
his armor, “
Come, let us cross
over to the Philistine
outpost
on the
other
side. ”
But Jonathan
did
not
tell his father.
Now
it
fell
on
a
day ,
that
Jonathan the
son of Saul said to the young man who
bore
his armor, Come, and
let us go
over to the Philistines'
garrison,
that
is
on yonder
side. But he
didn't
tell his father.
Meanwhile,
Saul was
staying
under the pomegranate tree in Migron on
the
outskirts
of
Gibeah.
And the troops
who were with him numbered
about six hundred men ,
Saul abode
in
the
uttermost
part
of
Gibeah
under the pomegranate tree which
is
in Migron :
and the people
who were with him were
about six hundred men ;
including
Ahijah, who
was
wearing
an
ephod.
He
was
the son of Ichabod’s
brother
Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the
LORD
in Shiloh. But
the troops
did
not
know that Jonathan had
left
.
and
Ahijah, the son of Ahitub ,
Ichabod's
brother,
the
son of Phinehas, the son of Eli ,
the priest of Yahweh
in Shiloh ,
wearing
an
ephod
. The people
didn't
know that Jonathan was
gone
.
Now
there
were
cliffs
on
both
sides
of
the pass
that
Jonathan intended
to cross
to reach
the Philistine
outpost.
One was named
Bozez and the other Seneh.
Between
the passes,
by
which
Jonathan sought
to go
over
to the Philistines'
garrison,
there
was
a
rocky
crag
on
the
one side,
and
a
rocky
crag
on
the
other
side:
and
the
name
of
the
one
was Bozez ,
and the name
of
the
other Seneh.
One cliff
stood
to
the north toward
Michmash, and the other to
the south toward
Geba.
The
one crag
rose
up
on
the north in
front
of
Michmash, and the other on
the south in
front
of
Geba.
Jonathan said to the young man bearing
his armor, “
Come, let us cross
over to the outpost
of these uncircumcised men.
Perhaps
the
LORD
will work on
our
behalf.
Nothing
can
hinder
the
LORD
from
saving,
whether
by many or by few. ”
Jonathan said to the young man who
bore
his armor, Come, and
let us go
over to the garrison
of these uncircumcised :
it
may
be
that
Yahweh
will work for
us;
for
there
is
no
restraint
to
Yahweh
to
save
by many or by few.
His armor -
bearer replied
, “
Do all that is in your heart .
Go
ahead;
I am with you heart and
soul
. ”
His armor bearer said
to
him
, Do all that is in your heart :
turn
you,
behold,
I am with you according
to
your
heart.
“Very
well,”
said Jonathan, “
we will cross
over toward
these
men and show
ourselves to them.
Then
said Jonathan, Behold,
we will pass
over to
the
men ,
and we
will
disclose
ourselves to them.
If they say, ‘
Wait until we come to you ,’
then we will stay
where
we
are
and will not go up to them.
If they say thus
to
us
, Wait until we come to you ;
then we will stand
still
in
our
place,
and will not go up to them.
But if they say, ‘
Come on
up ,’
then we will go up ,
because
this
will
be
our
sign
that
the
LORD
has delivered them into our hands
. ”
But if they say thus
, Come up to
us;
then we will go up ;
for
Yahweh
has delivered them into our hand:
and
this
shall
be
the
sign
to
us
.
So
the
two
of them showed
themselves to the outpost
of the Philistines ,
who
exclaimed
, “Look
, the Hebrews are
coming
out of the holes in
which
they were
hiding!”
Both
of them disclosed
themselves to the garrison
of the Philistines :
and
the
Philistines
said
, Behold
, the Hebrews come
forth
out of the holes where
they had
hid
themselves.
So
the men of the outpost
called
out
to
Jonathan and his armor -
bearer, “
Come on
up, and we will teach
you a lesson!”
“Follow
me,”
Jonathan told
his armor -
bearer, “
for the
LORD
has delivered them into the hand of Israel. ”
The men of the garrison
answered
Jonathan and his armor bearer, and
said,
Come up to
us
, and we will show
you a thing.
Jonathan said
to
his armor bearer, Come
up
after
me;
for Yahweh
has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
So
Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with
his armor -
bearer behind
him .
And the
Philistines
fell before Jonathan ,
and his armor -
bearer followed
and
finished
them off
.
Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on
his
feet, and
his armor bearer after
him :
and they
fell before Jonathan ;
and his armor bearer killed
them after
him
.
In
that first assault
, Jonathan and his armor -
bearer struck
down
about twenty men over
half an acre of land.
That first slaughter
, which
Jonathan and his armor bearer made,
was
about twenty men ,
within
as
it
were
half a
furrow's
length
in
an acre of land.
Then
terror
struck
the
Philistines
in the camp, in the field, and among all the people .
Even
those
in
the outposts
and raiding
parties
trembled.
Indeed
, the earth quaked and
panic
spread
from
God
.
There
was
a
trembling
in the camp, in the field, and among all the people ;
the garrison,
and the
spoilers
, they
also
trembled;
and
the earth quaked :
so
there
was
an
exceeding
great
trembling
.
Now
when
Saul’s
watchmen at
Gibeah
in Benjamin looked and saw
the troops
melting
away and
scattering
in
every
direction
,
The
watchmen of
Saul
in Gibeah
of
Benjamin looked ;
and ,
behold,
the multitude
melted
away, and
they
went
[here]
and
there.
Saul
said to the troops
who were with him, “Call
the
roll
and see who has
left
us. ”
And
when they had called
the
roll
, they
saw
that
Jonathan and his armor -
bearer were not there.
Then
said Saul
to the people
who were with him, Number
now,
and see who is
gone
from
us. When they had numbered
, behold,
Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
Then
Saul said to Ahijah, “
Bring the ark of God. ”
(
For at that time it
was
with the Israelites
. )
Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here
the ark of God. For the
ark
of
God
was
[there]
at that time with the children
of
Israel
.
While Saul was
talking
to the priest, the commotion
in the Philistine
camp continued
to
increase.
So
Saul said to the priest, “
Withdraw your hand. ”
It
happened,
while Saul talked
to the priest, that
the tumult
that
was
in the camp of
the
Philistines
went
on
and
increased:
and
Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
Then
Saul and all his
troops
assembled
and marched
to the battle ,
and they
found
the
Philistines
in
total
confusion
, with
each
man
wielding
the
sword against his neighbor
.
Saul and all the
people
who
were
with
him
were
gathered
together,
and came
to the battle :
and, behold,
every
man's
sword was
against his fellow,
[and
there
was]
a
very
great
confusion
.
And
the Hebrews who had
previously
gone
up into the surrounding
camps
of
the Philistines
now
went
over
to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
Now
the Hebrews who were
with
the
Philistines
as
before,
and
who
went
up with
them
into the camp,
[from
the country]
round
about,
even
they
also
[turned]
to be
with
the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
When
all the Israelites
who had been
hiding
in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were
fleeing
, they also joined
Saul
and
Jonathan
in the battle.
Likewise
all the men
of
Israel
who had hid
themselves
in the hill -
country of Ephraim ,
when
they
heard that the Philistines fled
, even
they also followed
hard
after
them
in the battle.
So the
LORD
saved Israel that day ,
and the battle moved
on
beyond
Beth -
aven.
So Yahweh
saved Israel that day :
and the battle passed
over
by
Beth Aven.
Now
the men of Israel were in
distress
that day ,
for Saul had placed
the troops
under
an
oath
, saying, “
Cursed is
the man who eats any food before
evening, before
I have
taken
vengeance
on my enemies. ”
So none of the troops
tasted any
food.
The men of Israel were distressed
that day ;
for Saul had adjured
the people
, saying, Cursed be
the man who eats any food until
it
be
evening, and
I be
avenged
on my enemies. So none of the people
tasted food.
Then
all the troops
entered
the forest ,
and there was honey on the ground.
All the people
came
into
the forest ;
and there was honey on the ground.
And
when they
entered
the forest and
saw
the flowing
honey ,
not
one
of
them
put his hand to his mouth ,
because
they
feared the oath.
When the people
were
come
to
the
forest ,
behold,
the honey dropped:
but
no
man
put his hand to his mouth ;
for
the
people
feared the oath.
Jonathan ,
however,
had
not
heard
that
his father had
charged the people with the oath .
So
he reached
out
the end of the staff
in his hand, dipped it into
the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened
.
But
Jonathan didn't
hear
when
his father charged the people with the oath :
therefore
he put
forth
the end of the rod
who
was
in his hand, and
dipped it in
the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were
enlightened
.
Then one of the soldiers
told
him
, “
Your father bound
the troops
with a
solemn
oath, saying, ‘
Cursed is
the man who eats food today
. ’
That
is
why
the people are
faint. ”
Then answered
one of the people
, and
said,
Your father directly
charged
the people
with an
oath, saying, Cursed be
the man who eats food this
day
. The people were
faint.
“
My father has brought
trouble
to
the land ,”
Jonathan
replied
. “Just
look at
how my eyes have brightened
because I tasted a little of this honey.
Then
said
Jonathan,
My father has troubled
the land. Please
look how my eyes have been
enlightened,
because I tasted a little of this honey.
How much better
it
would
have
been
if the troops
had eaten freely today from
the plunder
they
took
from
their enemies !
Would
not
the
slaughter of
the Philistines have
been
much
greater?”
How much more,
if haply
the people
had eaten freely today of
the spoil
of
their enemies which
they
found?
for
now
has
there
been
no
great
slaughter among
the Philistines .
That
day,
after
the
Israelites
had
struck down
the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon ,
the people were very faint .
They
struck of
the Philistines that
day
from Michmash to Aijalon .
The people were very faint ;
So
they
rushed
greedily
to
the plunder
, taking
sheep, cattle
, and calves .
They
slaughtered
them on the ground and ate meat
with the blood still
in
it
.
and
the people
flew
on
the
spoil
, and
took
sheep, and
oxen
, and calves ,
and
killed
them on the ground ;
and the
people
ate them
with the blood.
Then someone
reported
to
Saul :
“Look
, the troops
are
sinning
against the
LORD
by
eating
meat
with the blood still
in
it
. ”
“
You have broken
faith,”
said
Saul.
“
Roll a large
stone over
here
at
once
. ”
Then they
told
Saul, saying,
Behold,
the people
sin
against Yahweh,
in
that
they
eat
with the blood. He
said,
you have dealt
treacherously:
roll a great
stone to
me
this
day
.
Then
he
said, “Go
among the troops
and tell them, ‘Each
man
must
bring me his ox or
his sheep, slaughter
them in
this
place
, and then
eat .
Do
not
sin against the
LORD
by
eating meat
with the blood still
in
it
. ’”
So
that
night
everyone
brought his ox and slaughtered
it
there.
Saul
said, Disperse
yourselves
among the people,
and tell them, Bring me here
every
man
his ox ,
and
every
man
his sheep, and
kill
them here
, and eat ;
and
don't
sin against Yahweh
in
eating with the blood. All
the
people
brought every
man
his ox with
him
that
night,
and killed
them
there.
Then
Saul built an altar to the LORD;
it
was the first time
he had
built an
altar
to the
LORD
.
Saul built an altar to Yahweh:
the same
was the first altar
that
he built to Yahweh
.
And
Saul said, “
Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder
them until dawn
, leaving
no
man alive!”
“
Do what
seems good to you ,”
the
troops
replied
. But
the priest said
, “We
must
consult
God
here. ”
Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night ,
and take
spoil
among
them until the
morning
light
, and
let
us
not
leave
a
man of
them.
They
said,
Do whatever
seems good to you. Then
said
the priest, Let
us
draw
near
here to
God
.
So
Saul inquired
of God, “
Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give
them into the hand of Israel? ”
But God
did
not
answer him that day.
Saul asked
counsel
of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you deliver
them into the hand of Israel? But he
didn't
answer him that day.
Therefore
Saul said, “Come
here, all you leaders
of the troops,
and let
us
investigate
how
this sin has occurred
today
.
Saul said, Draw
near
here, all you chiefs
of the people;
and know
and
see
in
which
this sin has been
this
day
.
As
surely
as the
LORD
who saves Israel lives
, even
if
it is
my son Jonathan
, he must
die !”
But not one
of
the
troops
said
a word
.
For,
as Yahweh
lives,
who saves Israel, though
it be
in
Jonathan
my son, he shall
surely
die .
But there
was
not a man
among
all
the
people
who
answered
him
.
Then Saul
said to all Israel, “
You stand
on one side, and I and my son Jonathan
will stand
on the other side. ”
“
Do what seems good to you ,”
the
troops
replied
.
Then said he
to all Israel, Be
you on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be
on the other side. The
people
said
to
Saul,
Do what seems good to you.
So
Saul said to the
LORD
, the God of Israel, “Why
have
You
not
answered
Your
servant
this
day?
If
the
fault
is
with
me
or
my
son
Jonathan,
respond
with
Urim;
but
if
the
fault
is
with
the men
of
Israel,
respond
with
Thummim
. ”
And
Jonathan and Saul were selected,
but the people were
cleared
of
the
charge
.
Therefore
Saul said to Yahweh
, the God of Israel, Show
the right
. Jonathan and Saul were taken
[by
lot];
but the people escaped
.
Then
Saul said, “
Cast the
lot
between me and my son Jonathan
. ”
And
Jonathan was selected
.
Saul said, Cast [lots]
between me and Jonathan
my son. Jonathan was taken
.
“
Tell me what you have done ,”
Saul
commanded
him
. So
Jonathan told him, “
I only
tasted
a little honey with the end of the staff
that was in my hand .
And now
I must die ?”
Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan,
Tell me what you have done. Jonathan told him, and
said,
I did
certainly
taste
a little honey with the end of the rod
that was in my hand ;
and ,
behold,
I must die .
And
Saul declared
, “May
God punish
me,
and
ever
so severely,
if
you ,
Jonathan,
do
not
surely die !”
Saul said
, God do
so and
more
also;
for
you shall
surely die ,
Jonathan.
But
the people said to Saul, “Must
Jonathan die —he
who accomplished
such
a
great deliverance
for
Israel? Never!
As
surely
as the
LORD
lives, not a
hair of his head will
fall to the ground ,
for with
God’s
help
he has accomplished
this today
. ”
So the people rescued Jonathan, and
he did
not
die.
The people said to Saul, Shall
Jonathan die ,
who has
worked
this
great salvation
in
Israel? Far
from
it:
as Yahweh
lives, there
shall
not one
hair of his head fall to the ground ;
for he has worked
with
God
this day
. So the people rescued Jonathan, that
he didn't
die.
Then Saul gave
up his
pursuit
of
the Philistines ,
and the Philistines returned
to their own land
.
Then Saul went
up from
following
the Philistines ;
and the Philistines went
to their own place
.
After
Saul had assumed
the kingship
over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side —the
Moabites
, the
Ammonites
, the Edomites
, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines .
Wherever he turned, he routed
them.
Now
when
Saul had taken
the kingdom
over Israel, he 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
wherever he turned himself
, he put
[
them ]
to
the
worse
.
He fought
valiantly and defeated
the Amalekites, delivering
Israel from
the hands of its
plunderers
.
He did
valiantly ,
and struck
the Amalekites, and
delivered
Israel out
of
the hands of those
who
despoiled
them
.
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua .
His two daughters were named
Merab
(his
firstborn )
and Michal
(his
younger daughter).
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and
Ishvi, and Malchishua ;
and
the
names
of
his two daughters were these:
the
name
of
the
firstborn Merab,
and the
name
of
the
younger Michal:
His
wife’s
name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander
of his army
was Abner ,
the son of Saul’s
uncle
Ner.
and
the
name of
Saul's
wife
was Ahinoam the
daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain
of his host
was Abner the son of Ner ,
Saul's
uncle
.
Saul’s
father
Kish and
Abner’s
father Ner were
sons
of Abiel.
Kish was
the
father of
Saul;
and
Ner the
father
of Abner
was
the
son
of
Abiel.
And
the
war with
the Philistines was
fierce
for
all the days of Saul .
So
whenever
he
noticed
any strong
or brave
man, Saul
would
enlist
him.
There
was
sore
war against
the Philistines all the days of Saul :
and
when
Saul
saw
any mighty
man,
or any
valiant
man, he
took
him to
him
.
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