1Samuel:14:1-14
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Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor , "
Come ,
let us go over to the Philistines '
garrison that is on the other side ."
But he did not tell his father .
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And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron .
The people who were with him were about six hundred men .
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Ahijah the son of Ahitub ,
Ichabod '
s brother ,
the son of Phinehas ,
the son of Eli ,
the LORD '
s priest in Shiloh ,
was wearing an ephod .
But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone .
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Between the passes ,
by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines '
garrison ,
there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side .
And the name of one was Bozez ,
and the name of the other Seneh .
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The front of one faced northward opposite Michmash ,
and the other southward opposite Gibeah .
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Then 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 restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few ."
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So his armorbearer said to him , "
Do all that is in your heart .
Go then ;
here I am with you ,
according to your heart ."
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Then Jonathan said , "
Very well ,
let us cross over to these men ,
and we will show ourselves to them .
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If they say thus to us , "
Wait until we come to you ,'
then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them .
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But if they say thus , "
Come up to us ,'
then we will go up .
For the LORD has delivered them into our hand ,
and this will be a sign to us ."
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So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines .
And the Philistines said , "
Look ,
the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden ."
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Then the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer ,
and said , "
Come up to us ,
and we will show you something ."
Jonathan said to his armorbearer , "
Come up after me ,
for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel ."
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And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and knees with his armorbearer after him ;
and they fell before Jonathan .
And as he came after him ,
his armorbearer killed them .
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That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land .
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