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1Sa 14:1	Strong Concordance	Now it came to pass upon a day [03117], that Jonathan [03129] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] to the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], that is on the other side [05676] [01975]. But he told [05046] not his father [01].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
JONATHAN MIRACULOUSLY SMITES THE PHILISTINES' GARRISON. (Sa1 14:1-14) the Philistines' garrison--"the standing camp" (Sa1 13:23, Margin) "in the passage of Michmash" (Sa1 13:16), now Wady Es-Suweinit. "It begins in the neighborhood of Betin (Beth-el) and El-Bireh (Beetroth), and as it breaks through the ridge below these places, its sides form precipitous walls. On the right, about a quarter of an acre below, it again breaks off, and passes between high perpendicular precipices" [ROBINSON].

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

JONATHAN MIRACULOUSLY SMITES THE PHILISTINES' GARRISON. (Sa1 14:1-14)

the Philistines' garrison--"the standing camp" (Sa1 13:23, Margin) "in the passage of Michmash" (Sa1 13:16), now Wady Es-Suweinit. "It begins in the neighborhood of Betin (Beth-el) and El-Bireh (Beetroth), and as it breaks through the ridge below these places, its sides form precipitous walls. On the right, about a quarter of an acre below, it again breaks off, and passes between high perpendicular precipices" [ROBINSON].

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Now ... - Rather "and," since this verse is in immediate dependence upon the preceding. When Jonathan saw the garrison come out again and again, in defiance "of the armies of the living God," at length "upon a day" he determined to attack them.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Jonathan's heroic act. - With strong faith and confidence in the might of the Lord, that He could give the victory even through the hands of very few, Jonathan resolved to attack the outpost of the Philistines at the pass of Mukhmas, accompanied by his armour-bearer alone, and the Lord crowned his enterprise with a marvellous victory. Sa1 14:1-2 Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, "We will go over to the post of the Philistines, that is over there." To these words, which introduce the occurrences that followed, there are attached from וּלאביו to Sa1 14:5 a series of sentences introduced to explain the situation, and the thread of the narrative is resumed in Sa1 14:6 by a repetition of Jonathan's words. It is first of all observed that Jonathan did not disclose his intentions to his father, who would hardly have approved of so daring an enterprise. Then follows a description of the place where Saul was stationed with the six hundred men, viz., "at the end of Gibeah (i.e., the extreme northern end), under the pomegranate-tree (Rimmon) which is by Migron." Rimmon is not the rock Rimmon (Jdg 20:45), which was on the north-east of Michmash, but is an appellative noun, signifying a pomegranate-tree. Migron is a locality with which we are not acquainted, upon the north side of Gibeah, and a different place from the Migron which was on the north or north-west of Michmash (Isa 10:28). Gibeah (Tuleil el Phul) was an hour and a quarter from Geba, and from the pass which led across to Michmash. Consequently, when Saul was encamped with his six hundred men on the north of Gibeah, he may have been hardly an hour's journey from Geba. Sa1 14:3 Along with Saul and his six hundred men, there was also Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, the (elder) brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest at Shiloh, and therefore a great-grandson of Eli, wearing the ephod, i.e., in the high priest's robes. Ahiah is generally supposed to be the same person as Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub (Sa1 22:9.), in which case Ahiah (אחיּה, brother, i.e., friend of Jehovah) would be only another form of the name Ahimelech (i.e., brother or friend of the King, viz., Jehovah). This is very probable, although Ahimelech might have been Ahaiah's brother, who succeeded him in the office of high priest on account of his having died without sons, since there is an interval of at least ten years between the events related in this chapter and those referred to in 1 Samuel 22. Ahimelech was afterwards slain by Saul along with the priests of Nob (Sa1 22:9.); the only one who escaped being his son Abiathar, who fled to David and, according to Sa1 30:7, was invested with the ephod. It follows, therefore, that Ahiah (or Ahimelech) must have had a son at least ten years old at the time of the war referred to here, viz., the Abiathar mentioned in Sa1 30:7, and must have been thirty or thirty-five years old himself, since Saul had reigned at least twenty-two years, and Abiathar had become high priest a few years before the death of Saul. These assumptions may be very easily reconciled with the passage before us. As Eli was ninety-eight years old when he died, his son Phinehas, who had been killed in battle a short time before, might have been sixty or sixty-five years old, and have left a son of forty years of age, namely Ahitub. Forty years later, therefore, i.e., at the beginning of Saul's reign, Ahitub's son Ahiah (Ahimelech) might have been about fifty years old; and at the death of Ahimelech, which took place ten or twelve years after that, his son Abiathar might have been as much as thirty years of age, and have succeeded his father in the office of high priest. But Abiathar cannot have been older than this when his father died, since he was high priest during the whole of David's forty years' reign, until Solomon deposed him soon after he ascended the throne (Kg1 2:26.). Compare with this the remarks on Sa2 8:17. Jonathan had also refrained from telling the people anything about his intentions, so that they did not know that he had gone. Sa1 14:4-5 In Sa1 14:4, Sa1 14:5, the locality is more minutely described. Between the passes, through which Jonathan endeavoured to cross over to go up to the post of the Philistines, there was a sharp rock on this side, and also one upon the other. One of these was called Bozez, the other Seneh; one (formed) a pillar (מצוּק), i.e., a steep height towards the north opposite to Michmash, the other towards the south opposite to Geba. The expression "between the passes" may be explained from the remark of Robinson quoted above, viz., that at the point where he passed the Wady Suweinit, side wadys enter it from the south-west and north-west. These side wadys supply so many different crossings. Between them, however, on the north and south walls of the deep valley, were the jagged rocks Bozez and Seneh, which rose up like pillars to a great height. These were probably the "hills" which Robinson saw to the left of the pass by which he crossed: "Two hills of a conical or rather spherical form, having steep rocky sides, with small wadys running up behind so as almost to isolate them. One is on the side towards Jeba, and the other towards Mukhmas" (Pal. ii. p. 116). Sa1 14:6 And Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, "Come, we will go over to the post of these uncircumcised; it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for (there is) no hindrance for Jehovah to work salvation by many or few." Jonathan's resolution arose from the strong conviction that Israel was the nation of God, and possessed in Jehovah an omnipotent God, who would not refuse His help to His people in their conflict with the foes of His kingdom, if they would only put their whole trust in Him. Sa1 14:7 As the armour-bearer approved of Jonathan's resolution (לך נטה, turn hither), and was ready to follow him, Jonathan fixed upon a sign by which he would ascertain whether the Lord would prosper his undertaking. Sa1 14:8-10 "Behold, we go over to the people and show ourselves to them. If they say to us, Wait (דּמּוּ, keep quiet) till we come to you, we will stand still in our place, and not go up to them; but if they say thus, Come up unto us, then we will go up, for Jehovah hath (in that case) delivered them into our hand." The sign was well chosen. If the Philistines said, "Wait till we come," they would show some courage; but if they said, "Come up to us," it would be a sign that they were cowardly, and had not courage enough to leave their position and attack the Hebrews. It was not tempting God for Jonathan to fix upon such a sign by which to determine the success of his enterprise; for he did it in the exercise of his calling, when fighting not for personal objects, but for the kingdom of God, which the uncircumcised were threatening to annihilate, and in the most confident belief that the Lord would deliver and preserve His people. Such faith as this God would not put to shame. Sa1 14:11-13 When the two showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, they said, "Behold, Hebrews come forth out of the holes in which they have hidden themselves." And the men of the garrison cried out to Jonathan and his armour-bearer, "Come up to us, and we will tell you a word," i.e., we will communicate something to you. This was ridicule at the daring of the two men, whilst for all that they had not courage enough to meet them bravely and drive them back. In this Jonathan received the desired sign that the Lord had given the Philistines into the hand of the Israelites: he therefore clambered up the rock on his hands and feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and "they (the Philistines) fell before Jonathan," i.e., were smitten down by him, "and his armour-bearer was slaying behind him." Sa1 14:14 The first stroke that Jonathan and his armour-bearer struck was (amounted to) about twenty men "on about half a furrow of an acre of field." מענה, a furrow, as in Psa 129:3, is in the absolute state instead of the construct, because several nouns follow in the construct state (cf. Ewald, 291, a.). צמד, lit. things bound together, then a pair; here it signifies a pair or yoke of oxen, but in the transferred sense of a piece of land that could be ploughed in one morning with a yoke of oxen, like the Latin jugum, jugerum. It is called the furrow of an acre of land, because the length only of half an acre of land was to be given, and not the breadth or the entire circumference. The Philistines, that is to say, took to flight in alarm as soon as the brave heroes really ascended, so that the twenty men were smitten one after another in the distance of half a rood of land. Their terror and flight are perfectly conceivable, if we consider that the outpost of the Philistines was so stationed upon the top of the ridge of the steep mountain wall, that they would not see how many were following, and the Philistines could not imagine it possible that two Hebrews would have ventured to climb the rock alone and make an attack upon them. Sallust relates a similar occurrence in connection with the scaling of a castle in the Numidian war (Bell. Jugurth. c. 89, 90). Sa1 14:15 And there arose a terror in the camp upon the field (i.e., in the principal camp) as well as among all the people (of the advanced outpost of the Philistines); the garrison (i.e., the army that was encamped at Michmash), and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked, sc., with the noise and tumult of the frightened foe; "and it grew into a trembling of God," i.e., a supernatural terror miraculously infused by God into the Philistines. The subject to the last ותּהי is either חרדה, the alarm in the camp, or all that has been mentioned before, i.e., the alarm with the noise and tumult that sprang out of it.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Jonathan's heroic act. - With strong faith and confidence in the might of the Lord, that He could give the victory even through the hands of very few, Jonathan resolved to attack the outpost of the Philistines at the pass of Mukhmas, accompanied by his armour-bearer alone, and the Lord crowned his enterprise with a marvellous victory.

Sa1 14:1-2

Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, "We will go over to the post of the Philistines, that is over there." To these words, which introduce the occurrences that followed, there are attached from וּלאביו to Sa1 14:5 a series of sentences introduced to explain the situation, and the thread of the narrative is resumed in Sa1 14:6 by a repetition of Jonathan's words. It is first of all observed that Jonathan did not disclose his intentions to his father, who would hardly have approved of so daring an enterprise. Then follows a description of the place where Saul was stationed with the six hundred men, viz., "at the end of Gibeah (i.e., the extreme northern end), under the pomegranate-tree (Rimmon) which is by Migron." Rimmon is not the rock Rimmon (Jdg 20:45), which was on the north-east of Michmash, but is an appellative noun, signifying a pomegranate-tree. Migron is a locality with which we are not acquainted, upon the north side of Gibeah, and a different place from the Migron which was on the north or north-west of Michmash (Isa 10:28). Gibeah (Tuleil el Phul) was an hour and a quarter from Geba, and from the pass which led across to Michmash. Consequently, when Saul was encamped with his six hundred men on the north of Gibeah, he may have been hardly an hour's journey from Geba.

Sa1 14:3

Along with Saul and his six hundred men, there was also Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, the (elder) brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest at Shiloh, and therefore a great-grandson of Eli, wearing the ephod, i.e., in the high priest's robes. Ahiah is generally supposed to be the same person as Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub (Sa1 22:9.), in which case Ahiah (אחיּה, brother, i.e., friend of Jehovah) would be only another form of the name Ahimelech (i.e., brother or friend of the King, viz., Jehovah). This is very probable, although Ahimelech might have been Ahaiah's brother, who succeeded him in the office of high priest on account of his having died without sons, since there is an interval of at least ten years between the events related in this chapter and those referred to in 1 Samuel 22. Ahimelech was afterwards slain by Saul along with the priests of Nob (Sa1 22:9.); the only one who escaped being his son Abiathar, who fled to David and, according to Sa1 30:7, was invested with the ephod. It follows, therefore, that Ahiah (or Ahimelech) must have had a son at least ten years old at the time of the war referred to here, viz., the Abiathar mentioned in Sa1 30:7, and must have been thirty or thirty-five years old himself, since Saul had reigned at least twenty-two years, and Abiathar had become high priest a few years before the death of Saul. These assumptions may be very easily reconciled with the passage before us. As Eli was ninety-eight years old when he died, his son Phinehas, who had been killed in battle a short time before, might have been sixty or sixty-five years old, and have left a son of forty years of age, namely Ahitub. Forty years later, therefore, i.e., at the beginning of Saul's reign, Ahitub's son Ahiah (Ahimelech) might have been about fifty years old; and at the death of Ahimelech, which took place ten or twelve years after that, his son Abiathar might have been as much as thirty years of age, and have succeeded his father in the office of high priest. But Abiathar cannot have been older than this when his father died, since he was high priest during the whole of David's forty years' reign, until Solomon deposed him soon after he ascended the throne (Kg1 2:26.). Compare with this the remarks on Sa2 8:17. Jonathan had also refrained from telling the people anything about his intentions, so that they did not know that he had gone.

Sa1 14:4-5

In Sa1 14:4, Sa1 14:5, the locality is more minutely described. Between the passes, through which Jonathan endeavoured to cross over to go up to the post of the Philistines, there was a sharp rock on this side, and also one upon the other. One of these was called Bozez, the other Seneh; one (formed) a pillar (מצוּק), i.e., a steep height towards the north opposite to Michmash, the other towards the south opposite to Geba. The expression "between the passes" may be explained from the remark of Robinson quoted above, viz., that at the point where he passed the Wady Suweinit, side wadys enter it from the south-west and north-west. These side wadys supply so many different crossings. Between them, however, on the north and south walls of the deep valley, were the jagged rocks Bozez and Seneh, which rose up like pillars to a great height. These were probably the "hills" which Robinson saw to the left of the pass by which he crossed: "Two hills of a conical or rather spherical form, having steep rocky sides, with small wadys running up behind so as almost to isolate them. One is on the side towards Jeba, and the other towards Mukhmas" (Pal. ii. p. 116).

Sa1 14:6

And Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, "Come, we will go over to the post of these uncircumcised; it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for (there is) no hindrance for Jehovah to work salvation by many or few." Jonathan's resolution arose from the strong conviction that Israel was the nation of God, and possessed in Jehovah an omnipotent God, who would not refuse His help to His people in their conflict with the foes of His kingdom, if they would only put their whole trust in Him.

Sa1 14:7

As the armour-bearer approved of Jonathan's resolution (לך נטה, turn hither), and was ready to follow him, Jonathan fixed upon a sign by which he would ascertain whether the Lord would prosper his undertaking.

Sa1 14:8-10

"Behold, we go over to the people and show ourselves to them. If they say to us, Wait (דּמּוּ, keep quiet) till we come to you, we will stand still in our place, and not go up to them; but if they say thus, Come up unto us, then we will go up, for Jehovah hath (in that case) delivered them into our hand." The sign was well chosen. If the Philistines said, "Wait till we come," they would show some courage; but if they said, "Come up to us," it would be a sign that they were cowardly, and had not courage enough to leave their position and attack the Hebrews. It was not tempting God for Jonathan to fix upon such a sign by which to determine the success of his enterprise; for he did it in the exercise of his calling, when fighting not for personal objects, but for the kingdom of God, which the uncircumcised were threatening to annihilate, and in the most confident belief that the Lord would deliver and preserve His people. Such faith as this God would not put to shame.

Sa1 14:11-13

When the two showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, they said, "Behold, Hebrews come forth out of the holes in which they have hidden themselves." And the men of the garrison cried out to Jonathan and his armour-bearer, "Come up to us, and we will tell you a word," i.e., we will communicate something to you. This was ridicule at the daring of the two men, whilst for all that they had not courage enough to meet them bravely and drive them back. In this Jonathan received the desired sign that the Lord had given the Philistines into the hand of the Israelites: he therefore clambered up the rock on his hands and feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and "they (the Philistines) fell before Jonathan," i.e., were smitten down by him, "and his armour-bearer was slaying behind him."

Sa1 14:14

The first stroke that Jonathan and his armour-bearer struck was (amounted to) about twenty men "on about half a furrow of an acre of field." מענה, a furrow, as in Psa 129:3, is in the absolute state instead of the construct, because several nouns follow in the construct state (cf. Ewald, 291, a.). צמד, lit. things bound together, then a pair; here it signifies a pair or yoke of oxen, but in the transferred sense of a piece of land that could be ploughed in one morning with a yoke of oxen, like the Latin jugum, jugerum. It is called the furrow of an acre of land, because the length only of half an acre of land was to be given, and not the breadth or the entire circumference. The Philistines, that is to say, took to flight in alarm as soon as the brave heroes really ascended, so that the twenty men were smitten one after another in the distance of half a rood of land. Their terror and flight are perfectly conceivable, if we consider that the outpost of the Philistines was so stationed upon the top of the ridge of the steep mountain wall, that they would not see how many were following, and the Philistines could not imagine it possible that two Hebrews would have ventured to climb the rock alone and make an attack upon them. Sallust relates a similar occurrence in connection with the scaling of a castle in the Numidian war (Bell. Jugurth. c. 89, 90).

Sa1 14:15

And there arose a terror in the camp upon the field (i.e., in the principal camp) as well as among all the people (of the advanced outpost of the Philistines); the garrison (i.e., the army that was encamped at Michmash), and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked, sc., with the noise and tumult of the frightened foe; "and it grew into a trembling of God," i.e., a supernatural terror miraculously infused by God into the Philistines. The subject to the last ותּהי is either חרדה, the alarm in the camp, or all that has been mentioned before, i.e., the alarm with the noise and tumult that sprang out of it.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Come, and let us go over - This action of Jonathan was totally contrary to the laws of war; no military operation should be undertaken without the knowledge and command of the general. But it is likely that he was led to this by a Divine influence. The armor-bearer is the origin of what we call esquire, from escu, old French, a shield; armiger is the Latin, from arma, weapons, and gero, I bear. In the times of chivalry, the armiger, or esquire, was the servant of the knight who went after him, and carried his lance, shield, etc. It is now (strange to tell!) a title of honor.

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¹⁶ And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].

²³ And the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430] went out [03318] to the passage [04569] of Michmash [04363].

¹ Now it came to pass upon a day [03117], that Jonathan [03129] the son [01121] of Saul [07586] said [0559] unto the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] to the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], that is on the other side [05676] [01975]. But he told [05046] not his father [01].
² And Saul [07586] tarried [03427] in the uttermost [07097] part of Gibeah [01390] under a pomegranate tree [07416] which is in Migron [04051]: and the people [05971] that were with him were about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376];
³ And Ahiah [0281], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], Ichabod's [0350] brother [0251], the son [01121] of Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eli [05941], the LORD'S [03068] priest [03548] in Shiloh [07887], wearing [05375] an ephod [0646]. And the people [05971] knew [03045] not that Jonathan [03129] was gone [01980].
⁴ And between the passages [04569], by which Jonathan [03129] sought [01245] to go over [05674] unto the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], there was a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the one side [05676], and a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the other side [05676]: and the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Bozez [0949], and the name [08034] of the other [0259] Seneh [05573].
⁵ The forefront [08127] of the one [0259] was situate [04690] northward [06828] over against [04136] Michmash [04363], and the other [0259] southward [05045] over against [04136] Gibeah [01387].
⁶ And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] unto the garrison [04673] of these uncircumcised [06189]: it may be that the LORD [03068] will work [06213] for us: for there is no restraint [04622] to the LORD [03068] to save [03467] by many [07227] or by few [04592].
⁷ And his armourbearer [05375] [03627] said [0559] unto him, Do [06213] all that is in thine heart [03824]: turn [05186] thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart [03824].
⁸ Then said [0559] Jonathan [03083], Behold, we will pass over [05674] unto these men [0582], and we will discover [01540] ourselves unto them.
⁹ If they say [0559] thus unto us, Tarry [01826] until we come [05060] to you; then we will stand still [05975] in our place, and will not go up [05927] unto them.
¹⁰ But if they say [0559] thus, Come up [05927] unto us; then we will go up [05927]: for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] them into our hand [03027]: and this shall be a sign [0226] unto us.
¹¹ And both [08147] of them discovered [01540] themselves unto the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430]: and the Philistines [06430] said [0559], Behold, the Hebrews [05680] come forth [03318] out of the holes [02356] where they had hid [02244] themselves.
¹² And the men [0582] of the garrison [04675] answered [06030] Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627], and said [0559], Come up [05927] to us, and we will shew [03045] you a thing [01697]. And Jonathan [03129] said [0559] unto his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Come up [05927] after [0310] me: for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478].
¹³ And Jonathan [03129] climbed up [05927] upon his hands [03027] and upon his feet [07272], and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] after [0310] him: and they fell [05307] before [06440] Jonathan [03129]; and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] slew [04191] after [0310] him.
¹⁴ And that first [07223] slaughter [04347], which Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] made [05221], was about twenty [06242] men [0376], within as it were an half [02677] acre [04618] of land [07704], which a yoke [06776] of oxen might plow.

¹⁵ And there was trembling [02731] in the host [04264], in the field [07704], and among all the people [05971]: the garrison [04673], and the spoilers [07843], they also trembled [02729], and the earth [0776] quaked [07264]: so it was a very great [0430] trembling [02731].

³ The plowers [02790] plowed [02790] upon my back [01354]: they made long [0748] their furrows [04618] [04618].

¹⁴ And that first [07223] slaughter [04347], which Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] made [05221], was about twenty [06242] men [0376], within as it were an half [02677] acre [04618] of land [07704], which a yoke [06776] of oxen might plow.

¹¹ And both [08147] of them discovered [01540] themselves unto the garrison [04673] of the Philistines [06430]: and the Philistines [06430] said [0559], Behold, the Hebrews [05680] come forth [03318] out of the holes [02356] where they had hid [02244] themselves.
¹² And the men [0582] of the garrison [04675] answered [06030] Jonathan [03129] and his armourbearer [05375] [03627], and said [0559], Come up [05927] to us, and we will shew [03045] you a thing [01697]. And Jonathan [03129] said [0559] unto his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Come up [05927] after [0310] me: for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478].
¹³ And Jonathan [03129] climbed up [05927] upon his hands [03027] and upon his feet [07272], and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] after [0310] him: and they fell [05307] before [06440] Jonathan [03129]; and his armourbearer [05375] [03627] slew [04191] after [0310] him.

⁸ Then said [0559] Jonathan [03083], Behold, we will pass over [05674] unto these men [0582], and we will discover [01540] ourselves unto them.
⁹ If they say [0559] thus unto us, Tarry [01826] until we come [05060] to you; then we will stand still [05975] in our place, and will not go up [05927] unto them.
¹⁰ But if they say [0559] thus, Come up [05927] unto us; then we will go up [05927]: for the LORD [03068] hath delivered [05414] them into our hand [03027]: and this shall be a sign [0226] unto us.

⁷ And his armourbearer [05375] [03627] said [0559] unto him, Do [06213] all that is in thine heart [03824]: turn [05186] thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart [03824].

⁶ And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] unto the garrison [04673] of these uncircumcised [06189]: it may be that the LORD [03068] will work [06213] for us: for there is no restraint [04622] to the LORD [03068] to save [03467] by many [07227] or by few [04592].

⁵ The forefront [08127] of the one [0259] was situate [04690] northward [06828] over against [04136] Michmash [04363], and the other [0259] southward [05045] over against [04136] Gibeah [01387].

⁴ And between the passages [04569], by which Jonathan [03129] sought [01245] to go over [05674] unto the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], there was a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the one side [05676], and a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the other side [05676]: and the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Bozez [0949], and the name [08034] of the other [0259] Seneh [05573].
⁵ The forefront [08127] of the one [0259] was situate [04690] northward [06828] over against [04136] Michmash [04363], and the other [0259] southward [05045] over against [04136] Gibeah [01387].

¹⁷ And Zadok [06659] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Abiathar [054], were the priests [03548]; and Seraiah [08304] was the scribe [05608];

²⁶ And unto Abiathar [054] the priest [03548] said [0559] the king [04428], Get [03212] thee to Anathoth [06068], unto thine own fields [07704]; for thou art worthy [0376] of death [04194]: but I will not at this time [03117] put thee to death [04191], because thou barest [05375] the ark [0727] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] before [06440] David [01732] my father [01], and because thou hast been afflicted [06031] in all wherein my father [01] was afflicted [06031].

⁷ And David [01732] said [0559] to Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], Ahimelech's [0288] son [01121], I pray thee, bring me hither [05066] the ephod [0646]. And Abiathar [054] brought [05066] thither the ephod [0646] to David [01732].

⁹ Then answered [06030] Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130], which was set [05324] over the servants [05650] of Saul [07586], and said [0559], I saw [07200] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] coming [0935] to Nob [05011], to Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285].

³ And Ahiah [0281], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], Ichabod's [0350] brother [0251], the son [01121] of Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eli [05941], the LORD'S [03068] priest [03548] in Shiloh [07887], wearing [05375] an ephod [0646]. And the people [05971] knew [03045] not that Jonathan [03129] was gone [01980].

²⁸ He is come [0935] to Aiath [05857], he is passed [05674] to Migron [04051]; at Michmash [04363] he hath laid up [06485] his carriages [03627]:

⁴⁵ And they turned [06437] and fled [05127] toward the wilderness [04057] unto the rock [05553] of Rimmon [07417]: and they gleaned [05953] of them in the highways [04546] five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376]; and pursued [01692] hard after [0310] them unto Gidom [01440], and slew [05221] two thousand [0505] men [0376] of them.

⁵ The forefront [08127] of the one [0259] was situate [04690] northward [06828] over against [04136] Michmash [04363], and the other [0259] southward [05045] over against [04136] Gibeah [01387].