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1 Samuel 14 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 - And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under the fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, who had the ephod. And the people had no idea that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:7 - And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:8 - Then Jonathan said, Now we will go over to these men and let them see us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:9 - If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:10 - But if they say, Come up to us; then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:12 - And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:13 - And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him; and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - And at their first attack, Jonathan and his servant put to the sword about twenty men, all inside the space of half an acre of land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was great fear in the tents and in the field and among all the men of the armed force, and the attackers were shaking with fear; even the earth was moved with a great shaking and there was a fear as from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - And the watchmen of Saul, looking out from Geba in the land of Benjamin, saw all the army flowing away and running here and there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:17 - Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Let everyone be numbered and let us see who has gone from us. And when they had been numbered, it was seen that Jonathan and his servant were not there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - Now while Saul was talking to the priest, the noise in the tents of the Philistines became louder and louder; and Saul said to the priest, Take back your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - And Saul and all the people with him came together and went forward to the fight: and every man's sword was turned against the man at his side, and there was a very great noise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:21 - Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - And all the men of Israel who had taken cover in the hill-country of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight, went after them, attacking them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:23 - So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.

Saul's Foolish Order

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their oxen with them that night and put them to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:35 - And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:37 - And Saul, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go down after the Philistines? will you give them up into the hands of Israel? But he gave him no answer that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:39 - For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40 - Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41 - Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:42 - And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 - Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:44 - And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:46 - Then Saul, turning back, went after the Philistines no longer: and the Philistines went back to their place.

Constant Warfare

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - Now when Saul had taken his place as ruler of Israel, he made war on those who were against him on every side, Moab and the Ammonites and Edom and the kings of Zobah and the Philistines: and whichever way he went, he overcame them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 - Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and these are the names of his daughters: the older was named Merab and the younger Michal;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:52 - All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.
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