Jonathan Leads the Counterattack

14 ⌊One day⌋a Jonathan the son of Saul said to ⌊his armor bearer⌋,b “Come and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines which is over there.” But he did not tell his father. 2 Now Saul was staying at the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that was in Migron, and the troops that were with him were about six hundred men. 3 Now Ahijah, the son of Ahitub (the brother of Ichabod), the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of Yahweh at Shiloh, was carrying an ephod. The troops did not know that Jonathan had gone. 4 Now between the passes where Jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the Philistines there was a crag of rock ⌊on one side⌋c and a crag of rock ⌊on the other⌋.d The name of the one was Bozez and the name of the other was Seneh. 5 The one crag on the north was opposite Micmash and the other on the south was opposite Geba. 6 So Jonathan said to ⌊his armor bearer⌋,e “Come, let us go over to the garrisons of these uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will act for us, for there is no hindrance for Yahweh to save by many or by few.” 7 And ⌊his armor bearer⌋f said, “Do all that is in your heart ⌊that you are inclined to do⌋.g ⌊I am with you all of the way⌋!h 8 Then Jonathan said, “Look, we are about to go over to the men; and we will show ourselves to them. 9 If they say to us: ‘Wait until we reach you,’ ⌊then we will stand as we are⌋i and not go up to them. 10 But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for Yahweh has given them into our hand, and this will be the sign for us.” 11 So the two of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, “The Hebrews are coming out from the holes in which they have hidden themselves.” 12 Then the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and ⌊his armor bearer⌋,j “Come up to us and we will show you something!” Then Jonathan said to ⌊his armor bearer⌋,k “Come up after me, for Yahweh has given them into the hand of Israel!” 13 So Jonathan went up on his hands and his feet, with ⌊his armor bearer⌋l after him. They fell before Jonathan and then ⌊his armor bearer⌋m would kill them after him. 14 So was the first attack in which Jonathan and ⌊his armor bearer⌋n killed about twenty men within about half of a furrow in an acre of an open field. 15 Then there was terroro in the camp, in the open field, and among all the army of the garrison. Even the ⌊raiders⌋p trembled. The earth shook, and it became ⌊a very great panic⌋.q