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1 Samuel 14 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 - One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on yonder side." But he did not tell his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 - Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gib'e-ah under the pomegranate tree which is at Migron; the people who were with him were about six hundred men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - and Ahi'jah the son of Ahi'tub, Ich'abod's brother, son of Phin'ehas, son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - In the pass, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one crag rose 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 the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:7 - And his armor-bearer said to him, "Do all that your mind inclines to; behold, I am with you, as is your mind so is mine."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:8 - Then said Jonathan, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:9 - If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place, and we will 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 hand. And this shall be the sign to us."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:12 - And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you a thing." And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Come up after me; for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:13 - Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - and that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, was of about twenty men within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:15 - And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked; and it became a very great panic.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - And the watchmen of Saul in Gib'e-ah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude was surging hither and thither.

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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, "Number and see who has gone from us." And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - And Saul said to Ahi'jah, "Bring hither the ark of God." For the ark of God went at that time with the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:19 - And while Saul was talking to the priest, the tumult in the camp of the Philistines increased more and more; and Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:21 - Now the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time and who had gone up with them into the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - Likewise, when all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of E'phraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:23 - So the LORD delivered Israel that day; and the battle passed beyond Beth-a'ven.

Saul's Foolish Order

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul laid an oath on the people, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; so he put forth the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes became bright.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food this day.'" And the people were faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have become bright, because I tasted a little of this honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found; for now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ai'jalon. And the people were very faint;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Then they told Saul, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD, by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, 'Let every man bring his ox or his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:35 - And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and despoil them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us draw near hither to God."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:37 - And Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Wilt thou give them into the hand of Israel?" But he did not answer him that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - And Saul said, "Come hither, all you leaders of the people; and know and see how this sin has arisen today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:39 - For as the LORD lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41 - Therefore Saul said, "O LORD God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O LORD, God of Israel, give Urim; but if this guilt is in thy people Israel, give Thummim." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:42 - Then Saul said, "Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan." And Jonathan was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 - Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, "I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand; here I am, I will die."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:44 - And Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, that he did not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:46 - Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Constant Warfare

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - When Saul had taken the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; wherever he turned he put them to the worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he did valiantly, and smote the Amal'ekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 - Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Mal'chishu'a; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - and the name of Saul's wife was Ahin'o-am the daughter of Ahim'a-az. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abi'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:52 - There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he attached him to himself.
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