ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 14
1. Now it fell upon a day[H3117], that Jonathan[H3129] the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto the young man[H5288] that bare[H5375] his armor[H3627], Come[H3212], and let us go over[H5674] to the Philistines[H6430]' garrison[H4673], that is on yonder side[H5676]. But he told[H5046] not his father[H1].
2. And Saul[H7586] abode[H3427] in the uttermost[H7097] part of Gibeah[H1390] under the pomegranate-tree[H7416] which is in Migron[H4051]: and the people[H5971] that were with him were about six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men[H376];
3. and Ahijah[H281], the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], Ichabod[H350]'s brother[H251], the son[H1121] of Phinehas[H6372], the son[H1121] of Eli[H5941], the priest[H3548] of Jehovah[H3068] in Shiloh[H7887], wearing[H5375] an ephod[H646]. And the people[H5971] knew[H3045] not that Jonathan[H3129] was gone[H1980].
4. And between the passes[H4569], by which Jonathan[H3129] sought[H1245] to go over[H5674] unto the Philistines[H6430]' garrison[H4673], there was a rocky[H5553] crag[H8127] on the one side[H5676], and a rocky[H5553] crag[H8127] on the other side[H5676]: and the name[H8034] of the one[H259] was Bozez[H949], and the name[H8034] of the other[H259] Seneh[H5573].
5. The one[H259] crag[H8127] rose up[H4690] on the north[H6828] in front[H8127] of Michmash[H4363], and the other[H259] on the south[H5045] in front[H4136] of Geba[H1387].
6. And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] to the young man[H5288] that bare[H5375] his armor[H3627], Come[H3212], and let us go over[H5674] unto the garrison[H4673] of these uncircumcised[H6189]: it may be that Jehovah[H3068] will work[H6213] for us[H4622]; for there is no restraint to Jehovah[H3068] to save[H3467] by many[H7227] or by few[H4592].
7. And his armorbearer[H5375] said[H559] unto him[H6213], Do all that is in thy heart[H3824]: turn[H5186] thee[H3824], behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
8. Then said[H559] Jonathan[H3083], Behold[H5674], we will pass over unto the men[H582], and we will disclose ourselves unto them[H1540].
9. If they say[H559] thus unto us[H1826], Tarry until we come[H5060] to you[H5975]; then we will stand still in our place[H5927], and will not go up unto them.
10. But if they say[H559] thus[H5927], Come up unto us[H5927]; then we will go up; for Jehovah[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] them into our hand[H3027]: and this shall be the sign unto us[H226].
11. And both[H8147] of them disclosed[H1540] themselves unto the garrison[H4673] of the Philistines[H6430]: and the Philistines[H6430] said[H559], Behold[H5680], the Hebrews come forth[H3318] out of the holes[H2356] where they had hid themselves[H2244].
12. And the men[H582] of the garrison[H4675] answered[H6030] Jonathan[H3129] and his armorbearer[H5375], and said[H559], Come up[H5927] to us[H3045], and we will show you a thing[H1697]. And Jonathan[H3129] said[H559] unto his armorbearer[H5375], Come up[H5927] after[H310] me[H3068]; for Jehovah hath delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Israel[H3478].
13. And Jonathan[H3129] climbed up[H5927] upon his hands[H3027] and upon his feet[H7272], and his armorbearer[H5375] after[H310] him[H5307]: and they fell before[H6440] Jonathan[H3129]; and his armorbearer[H5375] slew[H4191] them after him[H310].
14. And that first[H7223] slaughter[H4347], which Jonathan[H3129] and his armorbearer[H5375] made[H5221], was about twenty[H6242] men[H376], within as it were half[H2677] a furrow[H6776]'s length in an acre[H4618] of land[H7704].
15. And there was a trembling[H2731] in the camp[H4264], in the field[H7704], and among all the people[H5971]; the garrison[H4673], and the spoilers[H7843], they also trembled[H2729]; and the earth[H776] quaked[H7264]: so there was an exceeding great[H430] trembling[H2731].
16. And the watchmen[H6822] of Saul[H7586] in Gibeah[H1390] of Benjamin[H1144] looked[H7200]; and[H1995], behold, the multitude melted away[H4127], and they went[H3212] hither and thither[H1986].
17. Then said[H559] Saul[H7586] unto the people[H5971] that were with him[H6485], Number now[H7200], and see who is gone[H1980] from us[H6485]. And when they had numbered, behold[H3129], Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there[H5375].
18. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto Ahijah[H281], Bring hither[H5066] the ark[H727] of God[H430]. For the ark[H727] of God[H430] was there at that time[H3117] with the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
19. And it came to pass[H7586], while Saul talked[H1696] unto the priest[H3548], that the tumult[H1995] that was in the camp[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430] went[H3212] on[H1980] and increased[H7227]: and Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto the priest[H3548], Withdraw[H622] thy hand[H3027].
20. And Saul[H7586] and all the people[H5971] that were with him were gathered[H2199] together[H935], and came to the battle[H4421]: and[H376], behold, every man's sword[H2719] was against his fellow[H7453], and there was a very[H3966] great[H1419] discomfiture[H4103].
21. Now the Hebrews[H5680] that were with the Philistines[H6430] as[H8032] beforetime[H865], and that went up[H5927] with them into the camp[H4264], from the country round about[H5439], even they also turned to be with the Israelites[H3478] that were with Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3129].
22. Likewise all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] that had hid[H2244] themselves in the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], when they heard[H8085] that the Philistines[H6430] fled[H5127], even they also followed hard[H1692] after[H310] them in the battle[H4421].
23. So Jehovah[H3068] saved[H3467] Israel[H3478] that day[H3117]: and the battle[H4421] passed over[H5674] by Beth-aven[H1007].
24. And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] were distressed[H5065] that day[H3117]; for Saul[H7586] had adjured[H422] the people[H5971], saying[H559], Cursed[H779] be the man[H376] that eateth[H398] any food[H3899] until it be evening[H6153], and I be avenged[H5358] on mine enemies[H341]. So none of the people[H5971] tasted[H2938] food[H3899].
25. And all the people[H776] came[H935] into the forest[H3293]; and there was honey[H1706] upon[H6440] the ground[H7704].
26. And when the people[H5971] were come[H935] unto the forest[H3293], behold[H1706], the honey dropped[H1982]: but no man put[H5381] his hand[H3027] to his mouth[H6310]; for the people[H5971] feared[H3372] the oath[H7621].
27. But Jonathan[H3129] heard[H8085] not when his father[H1] charged[H7650] the people[H5971] with the oath[H7650]: wherefore he put forth[H7971] the end[H7097] of the rod[H4294] that was in his hand[H3027], and dipped[H2881] it in the honeycomb[H3295], and put[H7725] his hand[H3027] to his mouth[H6310]; and his eyes[H5869] were enlightened[H215].
28. Then answered[H6030] one[H376] of the people[H5971], and said[H559], Thy father[H1] straitly[H7650] charged[H7650] the people[H5971] with an oath[H7650], saying[H559], Cursed[H779] be the man[H376] that eateth[H398] food[H3899] this day[H3117]. And the people[H5971] were faint[H5774].
29. Then said[H559] Jonathan[H3129], My father[H1] hath troubled[H5916] the land[H776]: see[H7200], I pray you[H5869], how mine eyes have been enlightened[H215], because I tasted[H2938] a little[H4592] of this honey[H1706].
30. How much more[H637], if haply[H3863] the people[H5971] had eaten[H398] freely[H398] to-day[H3117] of the spoil[H7998] of their enemies[H341] which they found[H4672]? for now hath there been no great[H7235] slaughter[H4347] among the Philistines[H6430].
31. And they smote[H5221] of the Philistines[H6430] that day[H3117] from Michmash[H4363] to Aijalon[H357]. And the people[H5971] were very[H3966] faint[H5774];
32. and the people[H5971] flew[H5860] upon the spoil[H7998], and took[H3947] sheep[H6629], and oxen[H1241], and calves[H1121], and slew[H7819] them on the ground[H776]; and the people[H5971] did eat[H398] them with the blood[H1818].
33. Then they told[H5046] Saul[H7586], saying[H559], Behold[H5971], the people sin[H2398] against Jehovah[H3068], in that they eat[H398] with the blood[H1818]. And he said[H559], ye have dealt treacherously[H898]: roll[H1556] a great[H1419] stone[H68] unto me this day[H3117].
34. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Disperse[H6327] yourselves among the people[H5971], and say[H559] unto them[H5066], Bring me hither every man[H376] his ox[H7794], and every man[H376] his sheep[H7716], and slay[H7819] them here[H398], and eat; and sin[H2398] not against Jehovah[H3068] in eating[H398] with the blood[H1818]. And all the people[H5971] brought[H5066] every man[H376] his ox[H7794] with him[H3027] that night[H3915], and slew them there[H7819].
35. And Saul[H7586] built[H1129] an altar[H4196] unto Jehovah[H3068]: the same was the first[H2490] altar[H4196] that he built[H1129] unto Jehovah[H3068].
36. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Let us go down[H3381] after[H310] the Philistines[H6430] by night[H3915], and take spoil[H962] among them until the morning[H1242] light[H216], and let us not leave[H7604] a man[H376] of them[H559]. And they said, Do[H6213] whatsoever seemeth[H5869] good[H2896] unto thee[H559]. Then said the priest[H3548], Let us draw near[H7126] hither[H1988] unto God[H430].
37. And Saul[H7586] asked[H7592] counsel of God[H430], Shall I go down[H3381] after[H310] the Philistines[H6430]? wilt thou deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Israel[H3478]? But he answered[H6030] him not that day[H3117].
38. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Draw nigh[H5066] hither[H1988], all ye chiefs[H6438] of the people[H5971]; and know[H3045] and see[H7200] wherein[H4100] this sin[H2403] hath been this day[H3117].
39. For[H3068], as Jehovah liveth[H2416], who saveth[H3467] Israel[H3478], though it be[H3426] in Jonathan[H3129] my son[H1121], he shall surely[H4191] die[H4191]. But there was not a man among all the people[H5971] that answered him[H6030].
40. Then said[H559] he unto all Israel[H3478], Be ye on one[H259] side[H5676], and I and Jonathan[H3129] my son[H1121] will be on the other[H259] side[H5676]. And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Do[H6213] what seemeth[H5869] good unto thee[H2896].
41. Therefore Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Show[H3051] the right[H8549]. And Jonathan[H3129] and Saul[H7586] were taken[H3920] by lot[H5971]; but the people escaped[H3318].
42. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], Cast[H5307] lots between me and Jonathan[H3129] my son[H1121]. And Jonathan[H3129] was taken[H3920].
43. Then Saul[H7586] said[H559] to Jonathan[H3129], Tell[H5046] me what thou hast done[H6213]. And Jonathan[H3129] told[H5046] him[H559], and said, I did certainly[H2938] taste[H2938] a little[H4592] honey[H1706] with the end[H7097] of the rod[H4294] that was in my hand[H3027]; and[H2009], lo, I must die[H4191].
44. And Saul[H7586] said[H559], God[H430] do so[H6213] and more also[H3254]; for thou shalt surely[H4191] die[H4191], Jonathan[H3129].
45. And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Shall Jonathan[H3129] die[H4191], who hath wrought[H6213] this great[H1419] salvation[H3444] in Israel[H3478]? Far[H2486] from it[H3068]: as Jehovah liveth[H2416], there shall not one hair[H8185] of his head[H7218] fall[H5307] to the ground[H776]; for he hath wrought[H6213] with God[H430] this day[H3117]. So the people[H5971] rescued[H6299] Jonathan[H3129], that he died not[H4191].
46. Then Saul[H7586] went up[H5927] from following[H310] the Philistines[H6430]; and the Philistines[H6430] went[H1980] to their own place[H4725].
47. Now when Saul[H7586] had taken[H3920] the kingdom[H4410] over Israel[H3478], he fought[H3898] against all his enemies[H341] on every side[H5439], against Moab[H4124], and against the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and against Edom[H123], and against the kings[H4428] of Zobah[H6678], and against the Philistines[H6430]: and whithersoever he turned[H6437] himself[H7561], he put them to the worse.
48. And he did[H6213] valiantly[H2428], and smote[H5221] the Amalekites[H6002], and delivered[H5337] Israel[H3478] out of the hands[H3027] of them that despoiled them[H8154].
49. Now the sons[H1121] of Saul[H7586] were Jonathan[H3129], and Ishvi[H3440], and Malchi-shua[H4444]; and the names[H8034] of his two[H8147] daughters[H1323] were these[H8034]: the name of the first-born[H1067] Merab[H4764], and the name[H8034] of the younger[H6996] Michal[H4324]:
50. and the name[H8034] of Saul[H7586]'s wife[H802] was Ahinoam[H293] the daughter[H1323] of Ahimaaz[H290]. And the name[H8034] of the captain[H8269] of his host[H6635] was Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], Saul[H7586]'s uncle[H1730].
51. And Kish[H7027] was the father[H1] of Saul[H7586]; and Ner[H5369] the father[H1] of Abner[H74] was the son[H1121] of Abiel[H22].
52. And there was sore[H2389] war[H4421] against the Philistines[H6430] all the days[H3117] of Saul[H7586]: and when Saul[H7586] saw[H7200] any mighty[H1368] man[H376], or any valiant[H2428] man[H1121], he took him unto him[H622].
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