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1 Samuel 14:1-23

1Nowitfelluponadayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117,thatJonathanיוֹנָתָ֤ןyo.na.TanH3129thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586saidH559untotheyoungהַנַּ֙עַר֙ha.Na.'arH5288manH5288thatbarehisarmorכֵלָ֔יוkhe.LavH3627,Come,andletusgoovertothePhilistines’פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430garrisonמַצַּ֣בma.TzavH4673,thatisonyondersideמֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'E.verH5676.ButhetoldH5046nothisfatherוּלְאָבִ֖יוu.le.'a.VivH1.

2AndSaulוְשָׁא֗וּלve.sha.'UlH7586abodeintheuttermost partofGibeahהַגִּבְעָ֔הha.giv.'AhH1390underthepomegranate-treewhichisinMigronבְּמִגְר֑וֹןbe.mig.RonH4051:andthepeopleוְהָעָם֙ve.ha.'AmH5971thatwerewithhimwereaboutsixכְּשֵׁ֥שׁke.SheshH8337hundredH3967menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376;

3andAhijahוַאֲחִיָּ֣הva.'a.chi.YahH281,thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAhitubאֲחִט֡וּב'a.chi.TuvH285,Ichabod’sbrotherאֲחִ֡י'a.ChiH251,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofPhinehasפִּינְחָ֨סpin.ChasH6372,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEliעֵלִ֜י'e.LiH5941,thepriestכֹּהֵ֧ן׀ko.HenH3548ofJehovahinShilohבְּשִׁל֖וֹbe.shi.LoH7887,wearinganephodאֵפ֑וֹד'e.FodH646.Andthepeopleוְהָעָם֙ve.ha.'AmH5971knewH3045notthatJonathanיוֹנָתָֽן׃yo.na.TanH3129wasgoneH1980.

4Andbetweenthepassesלַֽעֲבֹר֙la.'a.VorH5674,bywhichJonathanיֽוֹנָתָן֙yo.na.TanH3129soughtH1245togooveruntothePhilistines’פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430garrisonמַצַּ֣בma.TzavH4673,therewasarockycragontheoneהָֽאֶחָד֙ha.'e.ChadH259sideמֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙me.ha.'E.verH5676,andarockycragontheothersideמֵהָעֵ֖בֶרme.ha.'E.verH5676:andthenameוְשֵׁ֤םve.ShemH8034oftheoneהָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.ChadH259wasBozez,andthenameוְשֵׁ֥םve.ShemH8034oftheotherSeneh.

5TheoneH259cragroseuponthenorthמִצָּפ֖וֹןmi.tza.FonH6828infrontH4136ofMichmash,andtheotheronthesouthמִנֶּ֖גֶבmi.Ne.gevH5045infrontH4136ofGebaגָּֽבַע׃ סGa.va'H1387.

6AndJonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֜ןye.ho.na.TanH3083saidH559totheyoungהַנַּ֣עַר׀ha.Na.'arH5288manH5288thatbarehisarmorכֵלָ֗יוkhe.LavH3627, Come,andletusgooveruntothegarrisonמַצַּב֙ma.TzavH4673oftheseuncircumcisedהָעֲרֵלִ֣יםha.'a.re.LimH6189:itmaybethatJehovahwillworkforus;forthereisnorestrainttoJehovahtosaveלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַle.ho.Shi.a'H3467bymanyבְּרַ֖בbe.RavH7227orbyfewבִמְעָֽט׃vim.'AtH4592.

7AndhisarmorbearersaidH559untohim,Doallthatisinthyheartבִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָbil.va.Ve.khaH3824:turnנְטֵ֣הne.TehH5186thee,behold,Iamwiththee accordingtothyheartכִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ סkil.va.Ve.khaH3824.

8ThensaidH559Jonathanיְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןye.Ho.na.TanH3083,Behold,wewillpassעֹבְרִ֖ים'oe.RimH5674overuntothemenH376,andwewilldiscloseourselvesuntothem.

9Iftheysayיֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.RuH559thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541untous, TarryuntilwecomeH5927toyou;thenwewillstandH5975stillH5975inourplaceתַחְתֵּ֔ינוּtach.Tei.nuH8478,andwillnotgoנַעֲלֶ֖הna.'a.LehH5927upuntothem.

10Butiftheysayיֹאמְר֜וּyo.me.RuH559thusכֹּ֨הkohH3541,Comeעֲל֤וּ'a.LuH5927upuntous;thenwewillgoוְעָלִ֔ינוּve.'a.Li.nuH5927up;forJehovahhathdeliveredthemintoourhandבְּיָדֵ֑נוּbe.ya.De.nuH3027:andthisshallbethesignהָאֽוֹת׃ha.'otH226untous.

11Andbothofthemdisclosedthemselvesuntothegarrisonמַצַּ֖בma.TzavH4673ofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430:andthePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430saidH559,Behold,theHebrewsעִבְרִים֙'iv.RimH5680comeH3318forthH3318outoftheholesH2356whereאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theyhadhidH2244themselves.

12AndthemenH376ofthegarrisonansweredJonathanיוֹנָתָ֣ן׀yo.na.TanH3129andhisarmorbearer,andsaidH559,Comeעֲל֣וּ'a.LuH5927uptous,andwewillshowyouathingH1697.AndJonathanיוֹנָתָ֜ןyo.na.TanH3129saidH559untohisarmorbearer,Comeעֲלֵ֣ה'a.LehH5927upafterme;forJehovahhathdeliveredthemintothehandבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

13AndJonathanיוֹנָתָ֗ןyo.na.TanH3129climbedupuponhishandsיָדָיו֙ya.DavH3027anduponhisfeetH7272,andhisarmorbearerafterhim:andtheyfellH5307beforeJonathanיוֹנָתָ֔ןyo.na.TanH3129;andhisarmorbearer slewthemafterhim.

14Andthatfirstהָרִאשֹׁנָ֗הha.ri.sho.NahH7223slaughterהַמַּכָּ֣הha.ma.KahH4347,whichJonathanיוֹנָתָ֛ןyo.na.TanH3129andhisarmorbearermade,wasH1961abouttwentyכְּעֶשְׂרִ֣יםke.'es.RimH6242menאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376, withinasitwerehalfכְּבַחֲצִ֥יke.va.cha.TziH2677afurrow’s lengthinanacreoflandH7704.

15AndtherewasH1961atremblingH2729inthecampבַמַּחֲנֶ֤הva.ma.cha.NehH4264,inthefieldבַשָּׂדֶה֙va.sa.DehH7704,andamongallthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971;thegarrisonהַמַּצָּב֙ha.ma.TzavH4673,andthespoilers,theyalsoגַּם־gam-H1571trembledH7264;andtheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776quakedH7264:sotherewasH1961anexceedinggreattremblingH2729.

16Andthewatchmenהַצֹּפִים֙ha.tzo.FimH6822ofSaulלְשָׁא֔וּלle.sha.'UlH7586inGibeahבְּגִבְעַ֖תbe.giv.'AtH1390ofBenjaminבִּנְיָמִ֑ןbin.ya.MinH1144lookedH7200;and,behold,themultitudeהֶהָמ֛וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995meltedH4127awayנָמ֖וֹגna.MogH4127,andtheywent hitherandthither.

17ThensaidH559Saulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586untothepeopleלָעָם֙la.'AmH5971thatwerewithhim,Numbernow,andseeוּרְא֔וּu.re.'UH7200whoisgoneH1980fromus.AndwhenH834theyhadnumbered,behold,Jonathanיוֹנָתָ֖ןyo.na.TanH3129andhisarmorbearerwerenotthere.

18AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586saidH559untoAhijahלַֽאֲחִיָּ֔הla.'a.chi.YahH281,Bringהַגִּ֖ישָׁהha.Gi.shahH5066hitherthearkאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430.Forthearkאֲר֧וֹן'a.RonH727ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430wasH1961thereatthattimewiththechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

19Anditcametopass,whileSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586talkeduntothepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,thatthetumultוְהֶהָמ֗וֹןve.he.ha.MonH1995thatwasH1961inthecampבְּמַחֲנֵ֣הbe.ma.cha.NehH4264ofthePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430wentH1980onandincreased:andSaulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586saidH559untothepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548,Withdrawאֱסֹ֥ף'e.SofH622thyhandיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027.

20AndSaulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586andallthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971thatwerewithhimweregatheredtogetherוַיִּזָּעֵ֣קvai.yi.za.'EkH2199,andcameH935tothebattleהַמִּלְחָמָ֑הha.mil.cha.MahH4421:and,behold,everyman’sאִישׁ֙'ishH376swordחֶ֤רֶבChe.revH2719wasH1961againsthisfellow,andtherewasH1961averyמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966greatגְּדוֹלָ֥הge.do.LahH1419discomfiture.

21NowtheHebrewsוְהָעִבְרִ֗יםve.ha.'iv.RimH5680thatwerewiththePhilistinesלַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙la.pe.lish.TimH6430asbeforetime,andthatwentH5927upwiththemintothecampבַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הba.ma.cha.NehH4264,fromthecountryroundH5439about,eventheyalsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571turnedtobeH1961withtheIsraelitesthatwerewithSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586andJonathanוְיוֹנָתָֽן׃ve.yo.na.TanH3129.

22LikewiseallthemenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478thathadhidH2244themselvesinthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669,whentheyheardH8085thatthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430fledH5127,eventheyalsoגַם־gam-H1571followedhardaftertheminthebattleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

23SoJehovahsavedH3467Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatdayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117:andthebattleוְהַ֨מִּלְחָמָ֔הve.Ha.mil.cha.MahH4421passedH5674overbyBeth-aven.

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