1 Samuel 14
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1 Samuel 14:8-13

8Jonathan continued, “Listen, we’ll cross over to the Philistines and show ourselves to them.

9If they say to us, ‘Stay where you are until we come to you,’ then we’ll stay where we are and not go up to them.

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

11So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine troops. The Philistines said, “Look, some Hebrews are coming out of the holes they were hiding in.”

12“Come up here,” the men of the military post said to Jonathan and his armorbearer. “We have something to show you.” Jonathan told his armorbearer, “Follow me up ⌞to the military post⌟ because the Lord has handed the troops over to Israel.”

13Jonathan climbed up ⌞the cliff⌟, and his armorbearer followed him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines. His armorbearer, who was behind him, finished killing them.

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