09:014:005 The forefront of the one was situate northward
over against
Michmash,
and the other southward over against Gibeah.
09:014:006 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.
09:014:007 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do
all that is in thine
heart:
turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy
heart.
09:014:008 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass
over unto these men,
and
we will discover ourselves unto them.
09:014:009 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.
09:014:010 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.
09:014:011 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.
09:014:012 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.
09:014:013 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.
09:014:014 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.
09:014:015 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.
09:014:016 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin
looked; and,
behold,
the multitude melted away, and they went on beating
down
one another.
09:014:017 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.
09:014:018 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.
09:014:019 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.


