1Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:21 Sam 13:221 Sam 14:39-451 Sam 18:1-41 Sam 25:192 Sam 1:25-262 Sam 1:4-5Judg 14:6Judg 6:27Mic 7:5
2And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:15-16Isa 10:28-29
3And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 2:281 Sam 22:201 Sam 4:211 Sam 22:9-12Exod 28:26-32
4And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:23
5The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 19:26Rom 8:31Zech 4:6Deut 32:302 Chr 14:11Ps 115:1-32 Kgs 19:42 Sam 16:12Jer 9:26Judg 7:4-7
7And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 7:31 Sam 10:7Ps 46:7Zech 8:23
8Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 7:9-14
9If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 24:13-14Judg 6:36-40
10But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 24:141 Sam 10:7Judg 7:11Isa 7:11-14Judg 6:36
11And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:61 Sam 14:22Judg 6:2
12And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 17:43-442 Sam 5:241 Sam 14:102 Kgs 14:82 Sam 2:14-17Gen 24:26-27Gen 24:42Gen 24:48Judg 4:14Judg 7:15
13And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 28:7Deut 32:30Heb 11:34Josh 23:10Lev 26:7-8Ps 18:29Rom 8:31
14And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:17Gen 35:52 Kgs 7:6-72 Sam 5:24Exod 19:181 Sam 13:23Dan 5:6Job 18:11Josh 2:9Judg 7:21
16And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:202 Chr 20:22-25Isa 19:2Judg 7:22Ps 58:7Ps 68:2
17Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
18And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 30:7-81 Sam 4:3-51 Sam 5:21 Sam 7:12 Sam 11:112 Sam 15:24-26Judg 20:18Judg 20:23Judg 20:27-28Num 27:21
19And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:24Num 27:211 Sam 13:11Isa 28:16Josh 9:14Ps 106:13
20And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 20:23Judg 7:221 Sam 14:16Isa 19:2Isa 9:19-21
21Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 29:4Judg 7:23
22Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:61 Sam 31:7
23So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 14:301 Sam 13:5Ps 44:6-8Hos 1:72 Kgs 14:27Judg 2:18
24And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 6:26Rom 10:21 Cor 16:221 Sam 14:27-30Deut 27:15-26Josh 6:17-19Judg 1:28Judg 11:30-31Judg 21:1-5Judg 5:2
25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 9:28Exod 3:8Num 13:27Matt 3:4-5
26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 9:2
27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:291 Sam 14:431 Sam 30:12Prov 25:26
28Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:241 Sam 14:43
29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 18:18Josh 7:25
30How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 9:18
31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 10:12Josh 19:42
32And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 15:19Lev 3:17Deut 12:16Gen 9:4Lev 17:10-14Lev 19:26Acts 15:20Deut 12:23-24Acts 15:29Ezek 33:25
33Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
35And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 7:171 Sam 7:121 Sam 7:92 Tim 3:5Hos 8:14Judg 21:4
36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 73:28Isa 48:1-21 Sam 11:111 Sam 14:18-191 Sam 14:3Isa 58:2Jas 4:8Jer 6:5Josh 10:19Josh 10:9-14
37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 28:61 Kgs 22:151 Kgs 22:51 Sam 23:41 Sam 23:9-121 Sam 30:7-82 Sam 5:192 Sam 5:23Ezek 14:3-51 Sam 10:22
38And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 10:19-202 Sam 18:3Josh 7:11Josh 7:14-26Judg 20:2Num 24:17Ps 47:9Zech 10:4Eph 2:20Matt 21:42
39For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:442 Sam 12:51 Sam 14:241 Sam 19:61 Sam 20:311 Sam 22:161 Sam 28:10Eccl 9:2
40Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:361 Sam 14:72 Sam 15:15
41Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 1:241 Sam 10:20-21Josh 7:16-18Jonah 1:7Prov 16:33
42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 7:191 Sam 14:27Jonah 1:7-10
44And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:39Ruth 1:171 Sam 25:222 Sam 12:312 Sam 12:52 Sam 19:132 Sam 3:9Gen 38:24Prov 25:16
45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 14:11Acts 27:34Luke 21:181 Kgs 1:522 Cor 6:1Matt 10:30Acts 15:12Acts 21:19Isa 29:20-21Phil 2:12-13
46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
47So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, 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 vexed them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 10:61 Sam 14:521 Kgs 11:231 Sam 11:1-131 Sam 12:21 Sam 13:12 Kgs 14:272 Sam 8:3
48And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 15:3-7Deut 25:19Exod 17:14
49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi–shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 8:331 Sam 31:21 Chr 9:392 Sam 6:20-231 Sam 18:7-211 Sam 25:442 Sam 3:13-16
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 2:81 Sam 17:552 Sam 3:27
51And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 9:11 Sam 9:21
52And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 8:111 Sam 8:1