1 Samuel 14:6-16

6Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”

7His armor-bearer responded, “Do what is in your heart. Go ahead! I’m completely with you.”

8“All right,” Jonathan replied, “we’ll cross over to the men and then let them see us.

9If they say, ‘Wait until we reach you,’ then we will stay where we are and not go up to them.

10But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we’ll go up, because the Lord has handed them over to us — that will be our sign.”

11They let themselves be seen by the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they’ve been hiding!”

12The men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armor-bearer. “Come on up, and we’ll teach you a lesson!” they said. “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the Lord has handed them over to Israel.”

13Jonathan climbed up using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. Jonathan cut them down, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.

14In that first assault Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in a half-acre field.

15Terror spread through the Philistine camp and the open fields to all the troops. Even the garrison and the raiding parties were terrified. The earth shook, and terror spread from God.

16When Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, they saw the panicking troops scattering in every direction.