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                                     1Samuel


                                   Chapter 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.

  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;

  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.

  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.

  5. The forefront of the one was situate northward over against
     Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

  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.

  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.

  8. Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these
     men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

  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.

 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.

 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.

 12. And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his
     armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you
     a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up
     after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of
     Israel.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 23. So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed
     over unto Bethaven.

 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.

 25. And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey
     upon the ground.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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?

 31. And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to
     Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 35. And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the
     first altar that he built unto the LORD.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 41. Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a
     perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the
     people escaped.

 42. And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And
     Jonathan was taken.

 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.

 44. And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt
     surely die, Jonathan.

 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.

 46. Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the
     Philistines went to their own place.