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The men did not know that Jonathan had left.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_4"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.4" class="v9_14_4">4</span>In Michmash Pass, which Jonathan had to go through to get over to the Philistine camp, there were two large jagged rocks, one on each side of the pass: one was called Bozez and the other Seneh. </span><span class="v9_14_5"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.5" class="v9_14_5">5</span>One was on the north side of the pass, facing Michmash, and the other was on the south side, facing Geba.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_6"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.6" class="v9_14_6">6</span>Jonathan said to the young man, “Let's cross over to the camp of those heathen Philistines. Maybe the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will help us; if he does, nothing can keep him from giving us the victory, no matter how few of us there are.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_7"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.7" class="v9_14_7">7</span>The young man answered, “Whatever you want to do,<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I'm with you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_8"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.8" class="v9_14_8">8</span>“All right,” Jonathan said. “We will go across and let the Philistines see us. </span><span class="v9_14_9"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.9" class="v9_14_9">9</span>If they tell us to wait for them to come to us, then we will stay where we are. </span><span class="v9_14_10"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.10" class="v9_14_10">10</span>But if they tell us to go to them, then we will, because that will be the sign that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has given us victory over them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_11"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.11" class="v9_14_11">11</span>So they let the Philistines see them, and the Philistines said, “Look! Some Hebrews are coming out of the holes they have been hiding in!” </span><span class="v9_14_12"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.12" class="v9_14_12">12</span>Then they called out to Jonathan and the young man, “Come on up here! We have something to tell<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> you!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_12">Jonathan said to the young man, “Follow me. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> has given Israel victory over them.” </span><span class="v9_14_13"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.13" class="v9_14_13">13</span>Jonathan climbed up out of the pass on his hands and knees, and the young man followed him. Jonathan attacked the Philistines and knocked them down, and the young man killed them. </span><span class="v9_14_14"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.14" class="v9_14_14">14</span>In that first slaughter Jonathan and the young man killed about twenty men in an area of about half an acre.<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v9_14_15"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.15" class="v9_14_15">15</span>All the Philistines in the countryside were terrified; the raiders and the soldiers in the camp trembled with fear; the earth shook, and there was great panic.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Defeat of the Philistines</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_16"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.16" class="v9_14_16">16</span>Saul's men on watch at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin saw the Philistines running in confusion. </span><span class="v9_14_17"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.17" class="v9_14_17">17</span>So Saul said to his men, “Count the soldiers and find out who is missing.” They did so and found that Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons were missing. </span><span class="v9_14_18"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.18" class="v9_14_18">18</span>“Bring the ephod<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> here,” Saul said to Ahijah the priest. (On that day Ahijah was carrying it in front of the people of Israel.)<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.18!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v9_14_19"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.19" class="v9_14_19">19</span>As Saul was speaking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp kept getting worse, so Saul said to him, “There's no time to consult the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!” </span><span class="v9_14_20"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.20" class="v9_14_20">20</span>Then he and his men marched into battle against the Philistines, who were fighting each other in complete confusion. </span><span class="v9_14_21"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.21" class="v9_14_21">21</span>Some Hebrews, who had been on the Philistine side and had gone with them to the camp, changed sides again<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and joined Saul and Jonathan. </span><span class="v9_14_22"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.22" class="v9_14_22">22</span>Others, who had been hiding in the hills of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines were running away, so they also joined in and attacked the Philistines, </span><span class="v9_14_23"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.23" class="v9_14_23">23</span>fighting all the way beyond Bethaven. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> saved Israel that day.</span></p><h3 class="s">Events after the Battle</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_24"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.24" class="v9_14_24">24</span>The Israelites were weak with hunger that day, because Saul, with a solemn oath, had given the order: “A curse be on anyone who eats any food today before I take revenge on my enemies.” So nobody had eaten anything all day. </span><span class="v9_14_25"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.25" class="v9_14_25">25</span>They all<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> came into a wooded area and found honey everywhere. </span><span class="v9_14_26"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.26" class="v9_14_26">26</span>The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse. </span><span class="v9_14_27"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.27" class="v9_14_27">27</span>But Jonathan had not heard his father threaten the people with a curse; so he reached out with the stick he was carrying, dipped it in a honeycomb, and ate some honey. At once he felt much better. </span><span class="v9_14_28"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.28" class="v9_14_28">28</span>But one of the men told him, “We are all weak from hunger, but your father threatened us and said, ‘A curse be on anyone who eats any food today.’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_29"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.29" class="v9_14_29">29</span>Jonathan answered, “What a terrible thing my father has done to our people! See how much better I feel because I ate some honey! </span><span class="v9_14_30"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.30" class="v9_14_30">30</span>How much better it would have been today if our people had eaten the food they took when they defeated the enemy. Just think how many more Philistines they would have killed!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_31"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.31" class="v9_14_31">31</span>That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines, fighting all the way from Michmash to Aijalon. By this time the Israelites were very weak from hunger, </span><span class="v9_14_32"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.32" class="v9_14_32">32</span>and so they rushed over to what they had captured from the enemy, took sheep and cattle, slaughtered them on the spot, and ate the meat with the blood still in it. </span><span class="v9_14_33"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.33" class="v9_14_33">33</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.33!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span>-</span></a> Saul was told, “Look, the people are sinning against the <span class="nd">Lord</span> by eating meat with the blood in it.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_33">“You are traitors!” Saul cried out. “Roll a big stone over here<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.33!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to me.” </span><span class="v9_14_34"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.34" class="v9_14_34">34</span>Then he gave another order: “Go among the people and tell them all to bring their cattle and sheep here. They are to slaughter them and eat them here; they must not sin against the <span class="nd">Lord</span> by eating meat with blood in it.” So that night they all brought their cattle and slaughtered them there. </span><span class="v9_14_35"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.35" class="v9_14_35">35</span>Saul built an altar to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the first one that he built.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_36"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.36" class="v9_14_36">36</span>Saul said to his men, “Let's go down and attack the Philistines in the night, plunder them until dawn, and kill them all.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_36">“Do whatever you think best,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_36">But the priest said, “Let's consult God first.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_37"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.37" class="v9_14_37">37</span>So Saul asked God, “Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you give us victory?” But God did not answer that day. </span><span class="v9_14_38"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.38" class="v9_14_38">38</span>Then Saul said to the leaders of the people, “Come here and find out what sin was committed today. </span><span class="v9_14_39"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.39" class="v9_14_39">39</span>I promise by the living <span class="nd">Lord</span>, who gives Israel victory, that the guilty one will be put to death, even if he is my son Jonathan.” But no one said anything. </span><span class="v9_14_40"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.40" class="v9_14_40">40</span>Then Saul said to them, “All of you stand over there, and Jonathan and I will stand over here.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_40">“Do whatever you think best,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_41"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.41" class="v9_14_41">41</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.41!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span>-</span></a> Saul said to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, “<span class="nd">Lord</span>, why have you not answered me today? <span class="nd">Lord</span>, God of Israel, answer me by the sacred stones. If the guilt is Jonathan's or mine, answer by the Urim; but if it belongs to your people Israel,<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.41!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> answer by the Thummim.”<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.41!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> The answer indicated Jonathan and Saul; and the people were cleared. </span><span class="v9_14_42"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.42" class="v9_14_42">42</span>Then Saul said, “Decide between my son Jonathan and me.” And Jonathan was indicated. </span><span class="v9_14_43"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.43" class="v9_14_43">43</span>Then Saul asked Jonathan, “What have you done?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_43">Jonathan answered, “I ate a little honey with the stick I was holding. Here I am—I am ready to die.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_44"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.44" class="v9_14_44">44</span>Saul said to him, “May God strike me dead if you are not put to death!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_45"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.45" class="v9_14_45">45</span>But the people said to Saul, “Will Jonathan, who won this great victory for Israel, be put to death? No! We promise by the living <span class="nd">Lord</span> that he will not lose even a hair from his head. What he did today was done with God's help.” So the people saved Jonathan from being put to death.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_46"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.46" class="v9_14_46">46</span>After that, Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they went back to their own territory.</span></p><h3 class="s">Saul's Reign and Family</h3><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_47"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.47" class="v9_14_47">47</span>After Saul became king of Israel, he fought all his enemies everywhere: the people of Moab, of Ammon, and of Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he fought he was victorious.<a href="#fn" id="link_1Sam.14.47!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v9_14_48"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.48" class="v9_14_48">48</span>He fought heroically and defeated even the people of Amalek. He saved the Israelites from all attacks.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_49"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.49" class="v9_14_49">49</span>Saul's sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His older daughter was named Merab, and the younger one Michal. </span><span class="v9_14_50"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.50" class="v9_14_50">50</span>His wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; his army commander was his cousin Abner, the son of his uncle Ner. </span><span class="v9_14_51"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.51" class="v9_14_51">51</span>Saul's father Kish and Abner's father Ner were sons of Abiel.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v9_14_52"><span class="reftext" id="1Sam.14.52" class="v9_14_52">52</span>As long as he lived, Saul had to fight fiercely against the Philistines. So whenever he found a man who was strong or brave, he would enlist him in his army.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.7: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you want to do; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you want to do. Turn.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.12: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">tell; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">show.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.14: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in an area of about half an acre; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.18: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">ephod </char><char style="ft" closed="false">(see 2.28); Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Covenant Box.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.18: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">On that day … Israel; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Because on that day God's Covenant Box and the people of Israel.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.21: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">changed sides again; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">around also.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.25: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">They all; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">All the land.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.33: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">here; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">today.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.41: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">answer me by the sacred stones … your people Israel; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew does not have these words.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.41: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Urim … Thummim: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Two stones used by the priest to determine God's will; it is not known precisely how they were used.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.47: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">was victorious; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">acted wickedly.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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