1 Samuel 14:1-15

New American Standard Bible

Jonathan’s Victory

14 Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come, and let’s cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. ² Saul was staying on the outskirts of ^(A)Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that is in ^(B)Migron. And the people who were with him numbered ^(C)about six hundred men; ³ and Ahijah, the ^(D)son of Ahitub, ^(E)Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord at ^(F)Shiloh, ^(G)was ^[a]wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. ⁴ Now ^(H)between the gorges by which Jonathan sought to cross 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. ⁵ The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.

⁶ Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come, and let’s cross over to the garrison of ^(I)these uncircumcised men; perhaps the Lord will work for us, because ^(J)the Lord is not limited to saving by many or by few!” ⁷ His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is in your heart; turn yourself to it, and here I am with you, as your heart desires.” ⁸ Then Jonathan said, “^(K)Behold, we are going to cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. ⁹ If they ^[b]say to us, ‘Wait until we come to you’; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them. ¹⁰ But if they ^[c]say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for the Lord has handed them over to us; and ^(L)this shall be the sign to us.” ¹¹ When the two of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, “Behold, ^(M)Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have kept themselves hidden.” ¹² So the men of the garrison responded to Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, “Come up to us and ^(N)we will inform you of something.” And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me, for ^(O)the Lord has handed them over to Israel.” ¹³ Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and the men fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him. ¹⁴ Now that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer inflicted was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land. ¹⁵ And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and ^(P)the raiders trembled, and ^(Q)the earth quaked so ^(R)that it became a ^[d]great trembling.