1 Samuel 14 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Jonathan's Victory

1Sa 14:1Now it came to pass one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour, Come and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison which is on the other side. But he did not tell his father.

1Sa 14:2

1Sa 14:2And Saul abode at the extreme end of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which was in Migron; and the people that were with him were about six hundred men.

1Sa 14:3

1Sa 14:3(And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, Jehovah's priest in Shiloh, wore the ephod.) And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone.

1Sa 14:4

1Sa 14:4Now between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

1Sa 14:5

1Sa 14:5The one crag formed a pillar on the north opposite to Michmash, and the other on the south opposite to Geba.

1Sa 14:6

1Sa 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.

1Sa 14:7

1Sa 14:7And his armour-bearer said to him, Do all that is in thy heart; turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

1Sa 14:8

1Sa 14:8Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will shew ourselves to them.

1Sa 14:9

1Sa 14:9If they say thus to us, Stand still until we come to you, then we will stay in our place, and will not go up to them.

1Sa 14:10

1Sa 14:10And if they say thus, Come up to us, then we will go up; for Jehovah has given them into our hand; and this shall be the sign to us.

1Sa 14:11

1Sa 14:11And both of them shewed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

1Sa 14:12

1Sa 14:12And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you something. And Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah has delivered them into the hand of Israel.

1Sa 14:13

1Sa 14:13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew after him.

1Sa 14:14

1Sa 14:14And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer wrought was about twenty men, as it were on the half-furrow of an acre of land.

1Sa 14:15

1Sa 14:15And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the ravagers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked; for it was a trembling from God.

1Sa 14:16

1Sa 14:16And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on slaying one another.

1Sa 14:17

1Sa 14:17Then said Saul to the people that were with him, Muster now, and see who is gone from us. And they mustered, and behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there.

1Sa 14:18

1Sa 14:18And Saul said to Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

1Sa 14:19

1Sa 14:19And it came to pass while Saul talked to the priest, that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased; and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw thy hand.

1Sa 14:20

1Sa 14:20And Saul and all the people that were with him were called together, and they came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, a very great confusion.

1Sa 14:21

1Sa 14:21And there were Hebrews with the Philistines before that time, who had gone up with them into the camp round about; and they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

1Sa 14:22

1Sa 14:22And all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in mount Ephraim heard that the Philistines fled, and they also followed hard after them in the battle.

1Sa 14:23

1Sa 14:23And Jehovah saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over beyond Beth-Aven.

Saul's Foolish Order

1Sa 14:24

1Sa 14:24But the men of Israel were distressed that day. Now Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food until evening, and until I am avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

1Sa 14:25

1Sa 14:25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.

1Sa 14:26

1Sa 14:26And the people had come into the wood, and behold, the honey flowed; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

1Sa 14:27

1Sa 14:27But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he put forth the end of his staff which was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.

1Sa 14:28

1Sa 14:28Then answered one of the people and said, Thy father strictly adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day; and the people are faint.

1Sa 14:29

1Sa 14:29And Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you, that mine eyes are bright, because I tasted a little of this honey.

1Sa 14:30

1Sa 14:30How much more, if the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not now have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1Sa 14:31

1Sa 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon; and the people were very faint.

1Sa 14:32

1Sa 14:32And the people fell on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

1Sa 14:33

1Sa 14:33And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have acted perversely: roll me now a great stone.

1Sa 14:34

1Sa 14:34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring near to me every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slaughter them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slaughtered them there.

1Sa 14:35

1Sa 14:35And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: this was the first altar he built to Jehovah.

1Sa 14:36

1Sa 14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever is good in thy sight. Then said the priest, Let us come near hither to God.

1Sa 14:37

1Sa 14:37And 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.

1Sa 14:38

1Sa 14:38And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.

1Sa 14:39

1Sa 14:39For, as Jehovah liveth, who has saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall certainly die. And no one answered him among all the people.

1Sa 14:40

1Sa 14:40Then said he to all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what is good in thy sight.

1Sa 14:41

1Sa 14:41And Saul said to Jehovah the God of Israel, Give a perfect testimony! And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people escaped.

1Sa 14:42

1Sa 14:42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

1Sa 14:43

1Sa 14:43And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him and said, With the end of the staff which is in my hand I tasted a little honey, and behold, I must die!

1Sa 14:44

1Sa 14:44And Saul said, God do so to me and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.

1Sa 14:45

1Sa 14:45And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! as Jehovah liveth, there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.

1Sa 14:46

1Sa 14:46And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Constant Warfare

1Sa 14:47

1Sa 14:47And Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and whithersoever he turned himself, he discomfited them.

1Sa 14:48

1Sa 14:48And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of their spoilers.

1Sa 14:49

1Sa 14:49And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.

1Sa 14:50

1Sa 14:50And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

1Sa 14:51

1Sa 14:51And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner were sons of Abiel.

1Sa 14:52

1Sa 14:52And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to himself.

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