14:1 One
day
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
to
the
young
man
who
carried
his
armor,
"Come,
let
us
go
over
to
the
Philistine
garrison
on
the
other
side."
But
he
did
not
tell
his
father.
14:2 Saul
was
staying
in
the
outskirts
of
Gibeah
in
the
pomegranate
cave
at
Migron.
The
people
who
were
with
him
were
about
six
hundred
men,
14:3 including
Ahijah
the
son
of
Ahitub,
Ichabod's
brother,
son
of
Phinehas,
son
of
Eli,
the
priest
of
the
LORD
in
Shiloh,
wearing
an
ephod.
And
the
people
did
not
know
that
Jonathan
had
gone.
14:4 Within
the
passes,
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
to
the
Philistine
garrison,
there
was
a
rocky
crag
on
the
one
side
and
a
rocky
crag
on
the
other
side.
The
name
of
the
one
was
Bozez,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Seneh.
14:5 The
one
crag
rose
on
the
north
in
front
of
Michmash,
and
the
other
on
the
south
in
front
of
Geba.
14:6 Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
who
carried
his
armor,
"Come,
let
us
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised.
It
may
be
that
the
LORD
will
work
for
us,
for
nothing
can
hinder
the
LORD
from
saving
by
many
or
by
few."
14:7 And
his
armor-bearer
said
to
him,
"Do
all
that
is
in
your
heart.
Do
as
you
wish.
Behold,
I
am
with
you
heart
and
soul."
14:8 Then
Jonathan
said,
"Behold,
we
will
cross
over
to
the
men,
and
we
will
show
ourselves
to
them.
14:9 If
they
say
to
us,
'Wait
until
we
come
to
you,'
then
we
will
stand
still
in
our
place,
and
we
will
not
go
up
to
them.
14:10 But
if
they
say,
'Come
up
to
us,'
then
we
will
go
up,
for
the
LORD
has
given
them
into
our
hand.
And
this
shall
be
the
sign
to
us."
14:11 So
both
of
them
showed
themselves
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines.
And
the
Philistines
said,
"Look,
Hebrews
are
coming
out
of
the
holes
where
they
have
hidden
themselves."
14:12 And
the
men
of
the
garrison
hailed
Jonathan
and
his
armor-bearer
and
said,
"Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will
show
you
a
thing."
And
Jonathan
said
to
his
armor-bearer,
"Come
up
after
me,
for
the
LORD
has
given
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel."
14:13 Then
Jonathan
climbed
up
on
his
hands
and
feet,
and
his
armor-bearer
after
him.
And
they
fell
before
Jonathan,
and
his
armor-bearer
killed
them
after
him.
14:14 And
that
first
strike,
which
Jonathan
and
his
armor-bearer
made,
killed
about
twenty
men
within
as
it
were
half
a
furrow's
length
in
an
acre
of
land.
14:15 And
there
was
a
panic
in
the
camp,
in
the
field,
and
among
all
the
people.
The
garrison
and
even
the
raiders
trembled,
the
earth
quaked,
and
it
became
a
very
great
panic.
14:16 And
the
watchmen
of
Saul
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
looked,
and
behold,
the
multitude
was
dispersing
here
and
there.
14:17 Then
Saul
said
to
the
people
who
were
with
him,
"Count
and
see
who
has
gone
from
us."
And
when
they
had
counted,
behold,
Jonathan
and
his
armor-bearer
were
not
there.
14:18 So
Saul
said
to
Ahijah,
"Bring
the
ark
of
God
here."
For
the
ark
of
God
went
at
that
time
with
the
people
of
Israel.
14:19 Now
while
Saul
was
talking
to
the
priest,
the
tumult
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
increased
more
and
more.
So
Saul
said
to
the
priest,
"Withdraw
your
hand."
14:20 Then
Saul
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
rallied
and
went
into
the
battle.
And
behold,
every
Philistine's
sword
was
against
his
fellow,
and
there
was
very
great
confusion.
14:21 Now
the
Hebrews
who
had
been
with
the
Philistines
before
that
time
and
who
had
gone
up
with
them
into
the
camp,
even
they
also
turned
to
be
with
the
Israelites
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
14:22 Likewise,
when
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
had
hidden
themselves
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim
heard
that
the
Philistines
were
fleeing,
they
too
followed
hard
after
them
in
the
battle.
14:23 So
the
LORD
saved
Israel
that
day.
And
the
battle
passed
beyond
Beth-aven.
14:24 And
the
men
of
Israel
had
been
hard
pressed
that
day,
so
Saul
had
laid
an
oath
on
the
people,
saying,
"Cursed
be
the
man
who
eats
food
until
it
is
evening
and
I
am
avenged
on
my
enemies."
So
none
of
the
people
had
tasted
food.
14:25 Now
when
all
the
people
came
to
the
forest,
behold,
there
was
honey
on
the
ground.
14:26 And
when
the
people
entered
the
forest,
behold,
the
honey
was
dropping,
but
no
one
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
for
the
people
feared
the
oath.
14:27 But
Jonathan
had
not
heard
his
father
charge
the
people
with
the
oath,
so
he
put
out
the
tip
of
the
staff
that
was
in
his
hand
and
dipped
it
in
the
honeycomb
and
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
became
bright.
14:28 Then
one
of
the
people
said,
"Your
father
strictly
charged
the
people
with
an
oath,
saying,
'Cursed
be
the
man
who
eats
food
this
day.'"
And
the
people
were
faint.
14:29 Then
Jonathan
said,
"My
father
has
troubled
the
land.
See
how
my
eyes
have
become
bright
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey.
14:30 How
much
better
if
the
people
had
eaten
freely
today
of
the
spoil
of
their
enemies
that
they
found.
For
now
the
defeat
among
the
Philistines
has
not
been
great."
14:31 They
struck
down
the
Philistines
that
day
from
Michmash
to
Aijalon.
And
the
people
were
very
faint.
14:32 The
people
pounced
on
the
spoil
and
took
sheep
and
oxen
and
calves
and
slaughtered
them
on
the
ground.
And
the
people
ate
them
with
the
blood.
14:33 Then
they
told
Saul,
"Behold,
the
people
are
sinning
against
the
LORD
by
eating
with
the
blood."
And
he
said,
"You
have
dealt
treacherously;
roll
a
great
stone
to
me
here."
14:34 And
Saul
said,
"Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people
and
say
to
them,
'Let
every
man
bring
his
ox
or
his
sheep
and
slaughter
them
here
and
eat,
and
do
not
sin
against
the
LORD
by
eating
with
the
blood.'"
So
every
one
of
the
people
brought
his
ox
with
him
that
night
and
they
slaughtered
them
there.
14:35 And
Saul
built
an
altar
to
the
LORD;
it
was
the
first
altar
that
he
built
to
the
LORD.
14:36 Then
Saul
said,
"Let
us
go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night
and
plunder
them
until
the
morning
light;
let
us
not
leave
a
man
of
them."
And
they
said,
"Do
whatever
seems
good
to
you."
But
the
priest
said,
"Let
us
draw
near
to
God
here."
14:37 And
Saul
inquired
of
God,
"Shall
I
go
down
after
the
Philistines
Will
you
give
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel"
But
he
did
not
answer
him
that
day.
14:38 And
Saul
said,
"Come
here,
all
you
leaders
of
the
people,
and
know
and
see
how
this
sin
has
arisen
today.
14:39 For
as
the
LORD
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.
14:40 Then
he
said
to
all
Israel,
"You
shall
be
on
one
side,
and
I
and
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side."
And
the
people
said
to
Saul,
"Do
what
seems
good
to
you."
14:41 Therefore
Saul
said,
"O
LORD
God
of
Israel,
why
have
you
not
answered
your
servant
this
day
If
this
guilt
is
in
me
or
in
Jonathan
my
son,
O
LORD,
God
of
Israel,
give
Urim.
But
if
this
guilt
is
in
your
people
Israel,
give
Thummim."
And
Jonathan
and
Saul
were
taken,
but
the
people
escaped.
14:42 Then
Saul
said,
"Cast
the
lot
between
me
and
my
son
Jonathan."
And
Jonathan
was
taken.
14:43 Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan,
"Tell
me
what
you
have
done."
And
Jonathan
told
him,
"I
tasted
a
little
honey
with
the
tip
of
the
staff
that
was
in
my
hand.
Here
I
am;
I
will
die."
14:44 And
Saul
said,
"God
do
so
to
me
and
more
also;
you
shall
surely
die,
Jonathan."
14:45 Then
the
people
said
to
Saul,
"Shall
Jonathan
die,
who
has
worked
this
great
salvation
in
Israel
Far
from
it!
As
the
LORD
lives,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground,
for
he
has
worked
with
God
this
day."
So
the
people
ransomed
Jonathan,
so
that
he
did
not
die.
14:46 Then
Saul
went
up
from
pursuing
the
Philistines,
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their
own
place.
14:47 When
Saul
had
taken
the
kingship
over
Israel,
he
fought
against
all
his
enemies
on
every
side,
against
Moab,
against
the
Ammonites,
against
Edom,
against
the
kings
of
Zobah,
and
against
the
Philistines.
Wherever
he
turned
he
routed
them.
14:48 And
he
did
valiantly
and
struck
the
Amalekites
and
delivered
Israel
out
of
the
hands
of
those
who
plundered
them.
14:49 Now
the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan,
Ishvi,
and
Malchi-shua.
And
the
names
of
his
two
daughters
were
these:
the
name
of
the
firstborn
was
Merab,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
Michal.
14:50 And
the
name
of
Saul's
wife
was
Ahinoam
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz.
And
the
name
of
the
commander
of
his
army
was
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
Saul's
uncle.
14:51 Kish
was
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner
was
the
son
of
Abiel.
14:52 There
was
hard
fighting
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul.
And
when
Saul
saw
any
strong
man,
or
any
valiant
man,
he
attached
him
to
himself.