1 Samuel 14:1-14 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

1 Samuel 14:1-14

Jonathan Slaughters the Philistines

Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. 2 And Saul was staying in the outskirts of ^aGibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in ^bMigron. And the people who were with him were ^cabout six hundred men, 3 and Ahijah, the ^ason of Ahitub, ^bIchabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh at ^cShiloh, ^dwas ¹wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. 4 ^aNow between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp 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 us cross over to the garrison of ^athese uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will work for us, for ^bYahweh is not restrained to save by many or by few.” 7 And his armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your heart.” 8 Then Jonathan said, “^aBehold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. 9 If they ¹say 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 ¹say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for Yahweh has given them into our hands; and ^athis shall be the sign to us.” 11 So both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, “Behold, ^aHebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.” 12 So the men of the garrison ¹hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, “Come up to us, and ^awe will make you know something.” And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me, for ^bYahweh has given them into the hands of Israel.” 13 Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him. 14 And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an ¹acre of land.