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Chapter 14 Now it came to pass upon a day,
that Jonathan the son of Saul sat under

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the young man that bare his armor.

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Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison that is on the other

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side.

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But he told not his father.

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And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of
Gibeah under a pomegranate tree,

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which is in Migron.

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And the people that were with him were
about six hundred men.

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And Ahiah the son of Ahitab, Ichabod's
brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of

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Eli, the lord's priest in Shiloh,
wearing an ephod.

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And the people knew not that Jonathan was
gone.

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And between the passages, by which
Jonathan sought to go over under the

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Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp
rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on

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the other side.

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And the name of the one was Bozes,
and the name of the other Sina.

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The forefront of the one was situated
northward over against Michmash,

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and the other southward over against
Gibeah.

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And Jonathan said to the young man that
bare his armor, Come, and let us go over

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unto the garrison of these uncircumcised.

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It may be that the Lord will work for us,
for there is no restraint to the Lord to

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save by many or by few.

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And his armor-bearer said unto him,
Do all that is in thine heart.

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Turn thee, behold, I am with thee
according to thy heart.

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Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass
over unto these men, and we will discover

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ourselves unto them.

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If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we
come to you, then we will stand still in

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our place, and will not go up unto them.

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But if they say thus, Come up unto us,
then we will go up, for the Lord hath

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delivered them into our hand, and this
shall be a sign unto us.

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And both of them discovered themselves
under the garrison of the Philistines.

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And the Philistines said, Behold,
the Hebrews come forth out of the holes

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where they had hid themselves.

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And the men of the garrison answered
Jonathan and his armor-bearer,

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and said, Come up to us, and we will show
you a thing.

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And Jonathan said unto his armor-bearer,
Come up after me, for the Lord hath

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delivered them into the hand of Israel.

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And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and
upon his feet, and his armor-bearer after

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him.

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And they fell before Jonathan,
and his armor-bearer slew after him.

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And that first slaughter which Jonathan
and his armor-bearer made was about twenty

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men, within as it were an half-acre of
land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.

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And there was trembling in the host,
in the field, and among all the people.

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The garrison and the spoilers,
they also trembled, and the earth quaked,

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so it was a very great trembling.

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And the watchmen of Saul and Gibeah of
Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude

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melted away, and they went on beating down
one another.

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Then said Saul unto the people that were
with him, Number now, and see who is gone

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from us.

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And when they had numbered, behold,
Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not

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there.

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And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the
ark of God.

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For the ark of God was at that time with
the children of Israel.

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And it came to pass, while Saul talked
unto the priest, that the noise that was

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in the host of the Philistines went on and
increased.

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And Saul said unto the priest,
Withdraw thine hand.

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And Saul and all the people that were with
him assembled themselves.

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And they came to the battle, and behold,
every man's sword was against his fellow,

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and there was a very great discomfiture.

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Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the
Philistines before that time, which went

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up with them into the camp from the
country round about, even they also turned

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to be with the Israelites that were with
Saul and Jonathan.

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Likewise, all the men of Israel which had
hid themselves at Mount Ephraim,

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when they heard that the Philistines fled,
even they also followed hard after them in

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the battle.

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So the Lord saved Israel that day,
and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

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And the men of Israel were distressed that
day, for Saul had adjured the people,

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saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any
food until evening, that I may be avenged

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on mine enemies.

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So none of the people tasted any food.

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And all they of the land came to a wood,
and there was honey upon the ground.

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And when the people were come into the
wood, behold, the honey dropped.

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But no man put his hand to his mouth,
for the people feared the oath.

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But Jonathan heard not when his father
charged the people with the oath.

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Wherefore he put forth the end of the rod
that was in his hand, and dipped it in an

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honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth,
and his eyes were enlightened.

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Then answered one of the people,
and said, Thy father straightly charged

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the people with an oath, saying,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food

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this day.

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And the people were faint.

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Then said Jonathan, My father hath
troubled the land.

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See, I pray you, how mine eyes have been
enlightened, because I tasted a little of

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this honey.

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How much more, if happily, the people had
eaten freely today of the spoil of their

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enemies which they found!

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For had there not been now a much greater
slaughter among the Philistines?

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And they smote the Philistines that day
from Michmash to Agelon.

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And the people were very faint.

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And the people flew upon the spoil,
and took sheep, and oxen, and calves,

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and slew them on the ground.

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And the people did eat them with the
blood.

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Then they told Saul, saying, Behold,
the people sin against the Lord,

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and that they eat with the blood.

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And he said, Ye have transgressed.

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Roll a great stone unto me this day.

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And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among
the people, and say unto them,

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Bring me hither every man his ox,
and every man his sheep, and slay them

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here, and eat.

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And sin not against the Lord in eating
with the blood.

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And all the people brought every man his
ox with him that night, and slew them

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there.

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And Saul built an altar unto the Lord.

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The same was the first altar that he built
unto the Lord.

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And Saul said, Let us go down after the
Philistines by night, and spoil them until

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the morning light, and let us not leave a
man of them.

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And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good
unto thee.

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Then said the priest, Let us draw our dear
hither unto God.

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And Saul asked counsel of God,
Shall I go down after the Philistines?

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Wilt thou deliver them into the hand of
Israel?

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But he answered him not that day.

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And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the
chief of the people, and know and see

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wherein this sin hath been this day.

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For as the Lord liveth which saveth
Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son,

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he shall surely die.

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But there was not a man among all the
people that answered him.

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Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one
side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on

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the other side.

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And the people said unto Saul,
Do what seemeth good unto thee.

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Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of
Israel, Give a perfect lot.

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And Saul and Jonathan were taken,
but the people escaped.

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And Saul said, Cast lots between me and
Jonathan my son.

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And Jonathan was taken.

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Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what
thou hast done.

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And Jonathan told him, and said,
I did but taste a little honey with the

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end of the rod that was in mine hand,
and lo, I must die.

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And Saul answered, God do so and more
also, for thou shalt surely die,

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Jonathan.

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And the people said unto Saul,
Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this

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great salvation in Israel?

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God forbid!

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As the Lord liveth, there shall not one
hair of his head fall to the ground,

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for he hath wrought with God this day.

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So the people rescued Jonathan,
that he died not.

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Then Saul went up from following the
Philistines, and the Philistines went to

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their own place.

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So Saul took the kingdom over Israel,
and fought against all his enemies on

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every side, against Moab, and against the
children of Ammon, and against Edom,

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and against the kings of Zobah,
and against the Philistines.

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And whithersoever he turned himself,
he vexed them.

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And he gathered in host, and smote the
Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of

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the hands of them that spoiled them.

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Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan,
and Ishuai, and Melchishua.

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And the names of his two daughters were
these, the name of the firstborn,

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Merab, and the name of the younger,
Michael.

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And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam,
the daughter of Ahimeaz.

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And the name of the captain of his host
was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

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And Kish was the father of Saul,
and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son

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of Abiel.

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And there was sore war against the
Philistines all the days of Saul.

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And when Saul saw any strong man,
or any valiant man, he took him unto him.