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1 Samuel

Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory

1 Samuel 13:23-14:14
23And a Philistine station came out toward the ford of Michmash.
Chapter 14
1It came about on that day that Jonathan son of Saul said to the youth who carried his weapons, "Come, and let us cross over to the Philistine station that is on this side." But he did not tell his father. 2Now Saul was staying at the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that was in Migron, and the people who were with him numbered about six hundred men. 3Ahijah son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod son of Phinehas son of Eli the priest of the LORD at Shiloh, was carrying an ephod; and the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. 4Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistine station there was a rocky crag on one side and a rocky crag on the other side; the name of the one was Bozez and the name of the other was Seneh. 5The one crag rose as a pillar north of Michmash, and the other south of Geba. 6Jonathan said to the youth who carried his weapons, "Come, and let us cross over to the station of these uncircumcised men; perhaps the LORD will work for us, since nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few." 7His armor-bearer answered him, "Do all that is in your heart; go ahead, for I am with you heart and soul." 8Jonathan replied, "Behold, we are about to cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them." 9If they say to us, "Wait until we come to you," then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them. 10But if they say, "Come up to us," then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be the sign to us. 11So the two of them showed themselves to the Philistine station, and the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." 12The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, "Come up to us, and we will tell you something." Then Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Follow me up, for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel." 13Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet with his armor-bearer behind him, and they fell before Jonathan while his armor-bearer put them to death behind him. 14That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow's length in a field.
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