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1. Now it came to pass[H1961] upon a day,[H3117] that Jonathan[H3083] the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto[H413] the young man[H5288] that bore[H5375] his armor,[H3627] Come,[H1980] and let us go over[H5674] to[H413] the Philistines'[H6430] garrison,[H4673] that[H834] is on the other side.[H4480] [H5676] [H1975] But he told[H5046] not[H3808] his father.[H1]

2. And Saul[H7586] tarried[H3427] in the uttermost part[H7097] of Gibeah[H1390] under[H8478] a pomegranate tree[H7416] which[H834] is in Migron:[H4051] and the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H5973] him were about six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men;[H376]

3. And Ahiah,[H281] the son[H1121] of Ahitub,[H285] Ichabod's[H350] brother,[H251] the son[H1121] of Phinehas,[H6372] the son[H1121] of Eli,[H5941] the LORD's[H3068] priest[H3548] in Shiloh,[H7887] wearing[H5375] an ephod.[H646] And the people[H5971] knew[H3045] not[H3808] that[H3588] Jonathan[H3083] was gone.[H1980]

4. And between[H996] the passages,[H4569] by which[H834] Jonathan[H3083] sought[H1245] to go over[H5674] unto[H5921] the Philistines'[H6430] garrison,[H4673] there was a sharp[H8127] rock[H5553] on the one[H4480] [H2088] side,[H4480] [H5676] and a sharp[H8127] rock[H5553] on the other[H4480] [H2088] side:[H4480] [H5676] and the name[H8034] of the one[H259] was Bozez,[H949] and the name[H8034] of the other[H259] Seneh.[H5573]

5. The forefront[H8127] of the one[H259] was situated[H4690] northward[H4480] [H6828] over against[H4136] Michmash,[H4363] and the other[H259] southward[H4480] [H5045] over against[H4136] Gibeah.[H1387]

6. And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] to[H413] the young man[H5288] that bore[H5375] his armor,[H3627] Come,[H1980] and let us go over[H5674] unto[H413] the garrison[H4673] of these[H428] uncircumcised:[H6189] it may be that[H194] the LORD[H3068] will work[H6213] for us: for[H3588] there is no[H369] restraint[H4622] to the LORD[H3068] to save[H3467] by many[H7227] or[H176] by few.[H4592]

7. And his armorbearer[H3627] [H5375] said[H559] unto him, Do[H6213] all[H3605] that[H834] is in thine heart:[H3824] turn[H5186] thee; behold,[H2009] I am with[H5973] thee according to thy heart.[H3824]

8. Then said[H559] Jonathan,[H3083] Behold,[H2009] we[H587] will pass over[H5674] unto[H413] these men,[H376] and we will discover ourselves[H1540] unto[H413] them.

9. If[H518] they say[H559] thus[H3541] unto[H413] us, Tarry[H1826] until[H5704] we come[H5060] to[H413] you; then we will stand still[H5975] in our place,[H8478] and will not[H3808] go up[H5927] unto[H413] them.

10. But if[H518] they say[H559] thus,[H3541] Come up[H5927] unto[H5921] us; then we will go up:[H5927] for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] them into our hand:[H3027] and this[H2088] shall be a sign[H226] unto us.

11. And both[H8147] of them discovered themselves[H1540] unto[H413] the garrison[H4673] of the Philistines:[H6430] and the Philistines[H6430] said,[H559] Behold,[H2009] the Hebrews[H5680] come forth[H3318] out of[H4480] the holes[H2356] where[H834] [H8033] they had hid themselves.[H2244]

12. And the men[H376] of the garrison[H4675] answered[H6030] [H853] Jonathan[H3083] and his armorbearer,[H3627] [H5375] and said,[H559] Come up[H5927] to[H413] us, and we will show[H3045] you a thing.[H1697] And Jonathan[H3083] said[H559] unto[H413] his armorbearer,[H3627] [H5375] Come up[H5927] after[H310] me: for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Israel.[H3478]

13. And Jonathan[H3083] climbed up[H5927] upon[H5921] his hands[H3027] and upon[H5921] his feet,[H7272] and his armorbearer[H3627] [H5375] after[H310] him: and they fell[H5307] before[H6440] Jonathan;[H3083] and his armorbearer[H3627] [H5375] slew[H4191] after[H310] him.

14. And that first[H7223] slaughter,[H4347] which[H834] Jonathan[H3083] and his armorbearer[H3627] [H5375] made,[H5221] was[H1961] about twenty[H6242] men,[H376] within as it were a half[H2677] acre[H4618] of land,[H7704] which a yoke[H6776] of oxen might plow.

15. And there was[H1961] trembling[H2731] in the host,[H4264] in the field,[H7704] and among all[H3605] the people:[H5971] the garrison,[H4673] and the spoilers,[H7843] they[H1992] also[H1571] trembled,[H2729] and the earth[H776] quaked:[H7264] so it was[H1961] a very great[H430] trembling.[H2731]

16. And the watchmen[H6822] of Saul[H7586] in Gibeah[H1390] of Benjamin[H1144] looked;[H7200] and, behold,[H2009] the multitude[H1995] melted away,[H4127] and they went[H1980] on beating down[H1986] one another.

17. Then said[H559] Saul[H7586] unto the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him, Number[H6485] now,[H4994] and see[H7200] who[H4310] is gone[H1980] from[H4480] [H5973] us. And when they had numbered,[H6485] behold,[H2009] Jonathan[H3083] and his armorbearer[H3627] [H5375] were not[H369] there.

18. And Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto Ahiah,[H281] Bring hither[H5066] the ark[H727] of God.[H430] For[H3588] the ark[H727] of God[H430] was[H1961] at that[H1931] time[H3117] with the children[H1121] of Israel.[H3478]

19. And it came to pass,[H1961] while[H5704] Saul[H7586] talked[H1696] unto[H413] the priest,[H3548] that the noise[H1995] that[H834] was in the host[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430] went on[H1980] and increased:[H1980] [H7227] and Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto[H413] the priest,[H3548] Withdraw[H622] thine hand.[H3027]

20. And Saul[H7586] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him assembled themselves,[H2199] and they came[H935] to[H5704] the battle:[H4421] and, behold,[H2009] every man's[H376] sword[H2719] was[H1961] against his fellow,[H7453] and there was a very[H3966] great[H1419] discomfiture.[H4103]

21. Moreover the Hebrews[H5680] that were[H1961] with the Philistines[H6430] before[H865] that time,[H8032] which[H834] went up[H5927] with[H5973] them into the camp[H4264] from the country round about,[H5439] even they[H1992] also[H1571] turned to be[H1961] with[H5973] the Israelites[H3478] that[H834] were with[H5973] Saul[H7586] and Jonathan.[H3083]

22. Likewise all[H3605] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] which had hid themselves[H2244] in mount[H2022] Ephraim,[H669] when they heard[H8085] that[H3588] the Philistines[H6430] fled,[H5127] even they[H1992] also[H1571] followed hard[H1692] after[H310] them in the battle.[H4421]

23. So the LORD[H3068] saved[H3467] [H853] Israel[H3478] that[H1931] day:[H3117] and the battle[H4421] passed over[H5674] unto[H853] Beth-aven.[H1007]

24. And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] were distressed[H5065] that[H1931] day:[H3117] for Saul[H7586] had adjured[H422] [H853] the people,[H5971] saying,[H559] Cursed[H779] be the man[H376] that[H834] eateth[H398] any food[H3899] until[H5704] evening,[H6153] that I may be avenged[H5358] on mine enemies.[H4480] [H341] So none[H3808] [H3605] of the people[H5971] tasted[H2938] any food.[H3899]

25. And all[H3605] they of the land[H776] came[H935] to a wood;[H3293] and there was[H1961] honey[H1706] upon[H5921] [H6440] the ground.[H7704]

26. And when the people[H5971] were come[H935] into[H413] the wood,[H3293] behold,[H2009] the honey[H1706] dropped;[H1982] but no[H369] man put[H5381] his hand[H3027] to[H413] his mouth:[H6310] for[H3588] the people[H5971] feared[H3372] [H853] the oath.[H7621]

27. But Jonathan[H3083] heard[H8085] not[H3808] when his father[H1] charged the people with the oath:[H7650] [H853] [H5971] wherefore he put forth[H7971] [H853] the end[H7097] of the rod[H4294] that[H834] was in his hand,[H3027] and dipped[H2881] it[H853] in a honeycomb,[H3295] [H1706] and put[H7725] his hand[H3027] to[H413] his mouth;[H6310] and his eyes[H5869] were enlightened.[H215]

28. Then answered[H6030] one[H376] of the people,[H4480] [H5971] and said,[H559] Thy father[H1] straitly charged the people with an oath,[H7650] [H7650] [H853] [H5971] saying,[H559] Cursed[H779] be the man[H376] that[H834] eateth[H398] any food[H3899] this day.[H3117] And the people[H5971] were faint.[H5888]

29. Then said[H559] Jonathan,[H3083] My father[H1] hath troubled[H5916] [H853] the land:[H776] see,[H7200] I pray you,[H4994] how[H3588] mine eyes[H5869] have been enlightened,[H215] because[H3588] I tasted[H2938] a little[H4592] of this[H2088] honey.[H1706]

30. How much more,[H637] [H3588] if haply[H3588] [H3863] the people[H5971] had eaten freely[H398] [H398] today[H3117] of the spoil[H4480] [H7998] of their enemies[H341] which[H834] they found?[H4672] for[H3588] had there not[H3808] been now[H6258] a much greater[H7235] slaughter[H4347] among the Philistines?[H6430]

31. And they smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430] that[H1931] day[H3117] from Michmash[H4480] [H4363] to Aijalon:[H357] and the people[H5971] were very[H3966] faint.[H5888]

32. And the people[H5971] flew[H6213] upon[H413] the spoil,[H7998] and took[H3947] sheep,[H6629] and oxen,[H1241] and calves,[H1121] [H1241] and slew[H7819] them on the ground:[H776] and the people[H5971] did eat[H398] them with[H5921] the blood.[H1818]

33. Then they told[H5046] Saul,[H7586] saying,[H559] Behold,[H2009] the people[H5971] sin[H2398] against the LORD,[H3068] in that they eat[H398] with[H5921] the blood.[H1818] And he said,[H559] Ye have transgressed:[H898] roll[H1556] a great[H1419] stone[H68] unto[H413] me this day.[H3117]

34. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Disperse yourselves[H6327] among the people,[H5971] and say[H559] unto them, Bring me hither[H5066] [H413] every man[H376] his ox,[H7794] and every man[H376] his sheep,[H7716] and slay[H7819] them here,[H2088] and eat;[H398] and sin[H2398] not[H3808] against the LORD[H3068] in eating[H398] with[H413] the blood.[H1818] And all[H3605] the people[H5971] brought[H5066] every man[H376] his ox[H7794] with[H3027] him that night,[H3915] and slew[H7819] them there.[H8033]

35. And Saul[H7586] built[H1129] an altar[H4196] unto the LORD:[H3068] the same was the first[H2490] altar[H4196] that he built[H1129] unto the LORD.[H3068]

36. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Let us go down[H3381] after[H310] the Philistines[H6430] by night,[H3915] and spoil[H962] them until[H5704] the morning[H1242] light,[H216] and let us not[H3808] leave[H7604] a man[H376] of them. And they said,[H559] Do[H6213] whatsoever[H3605] seemeth[H5869] good[H2896] unto thee. Then said[H559] the priest,[H3548] Let us draw near[H7126] hither[H1988] unto[H413] God.[H430]

37. And Saul[H7586] asked counsel[H7592] 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[H3808] that[H1931] day.[H3117]

38. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Draw ye near[H5066] hither,[H1988] all[H3605] the chief[H6438] of the people:[H5971] and know[H3045] and see[H7200] wherein[H4100] this sin[H2403] hath been[H1961] this[H2063] day.[H3117]

39. For,[H3588] as the LORD[H3068] liveth,[H2416] which saveth[H3467] [H853] Israel,[H3478] though[H3588] [H518] it be[H3426] in Jonathan[H3083] my son,[H1121] he shall surely die.[H4191] [H4191] But there was not a man[H369] among all[H4480] [H3605] the people[H5971] that answered[H6030] him.

40. Then said[H559] he unto[H413] all[H3605] Israel,[H3478] Be[H1961] ye[H859] on one[H259] side,[H5676] and I[H589] and Jonathan[H3083] my son[H1121] will be[H1961] on the other[H259] side.[H5676] And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto[H413] Saul,[H7586] Do[H6213] what seemeth[H5869] good[H2896] unto thee.

41. Therefore Saul[H7586] said[H559] unto[H413] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel,[H3478] Give[H3051] a perfect[H8549] lot. And Saul[H7586] and Jonathan[H3083] were taken:[H3920] but the people[H5971] escaped.[H3318]

42. And Saul[H7586] said,[H559] Cast[H5307] lots between[H996] me and Jonathan[H3083] my son.[H1121] And Jonathan[H3083] was taken.[H3920]

43. Then Saul[H7586] said[H559] to[H413] Jonathan,[H3083] Tell[H5046] me what[H4100] thou hast done.[H6213] And Jonathan[H3083] told[H5046] him, and said,[H559] I did but taste[H2938] [H2938] a little[H4592] honey[H1706] with the end[H7097] of the rod[H4294] that[H834] was in mine hand,[H3027] and, lo,[H2009] I must die.[H4191]

44. And Saul[H7586] answered,[H559] God[H430] do[H6213] so[H3541] and more[H3254] also:[H3541] for[H3588] thou shalt surely die,[H4191] [H4191] Jonathan.[H3083]

45. And the people[H5971] said[H559] unto[H413] Saul,[H7586] Shall Jonathan[H3083] die,[H4191] who[H834] hath wrought[H6213] this[H2063] great[H1419] salvation[H3444] in Israel?[H3478] God forbid:[H2486] as the LORD[H3068] liveth,[H2416] there shall not[H518] one hair[H4480] [H8185] of his head[H7218] fall[H5307] to the ground;[H776] for[H3588] he hath wrought[H6213] with[H5973] God[H430] this[H2088] day.[H3117] So the people[H5971] rescued[H6299] [H853] Jonathan,[H3083] that he died[H4191] not.[H3808]

46. Then Saul[H7586] went up[H5927] from following[H4480] [H310] the Philistines:[H6430] and the Philistines[H6430] went[H1980] to their own place.[H4725]

47. So Saul[H7586] took[H3920] the kingdom[H4410] over[H5921] Israel,[H3478] and fought[H3898] against all[H3605] 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[H3605] [H834] he turned[H6437] himself, he vexed[H7561] them.

48. And he gathered[H6213] a host,[H2428] and smote[H5221] [H853] the Amalekites,[H6002] and delivered[H5337] [H853] Israel[H3478] out of the hands[H4480] [H3027] of them that spoiled[H8154] them.

49. Now the sons[H1121] of Saul[H7586] were[H1961] Jonathan,[H3083] and Ishui,[H3440] and Melchi-shua:[H4444] and the names[H8034] of his two[H8147] daughters[H1323] were these; the name[H8034] of the firstborn[H1067] Merab,[H4764] and the name[H8034] of the younger[H6996] Michal: [H4324]

50. And the name[H8034] of Saul's[H7586] 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's[H7586] 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[H1961] sore[H2389] war[H4421] against[H5921] the Philistines[H6430] all[H3605] the days[H3117] of Saul:[H7586] and when Saul[H7586] saw[H7200] any[H3605] strong[H1368] man,[H376] or any[H3605] valiant[H2428] man,[H1121] he took[H622] him unto[H413] him.