1 Samuel 14:6-16

6“Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer. “Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”

7“Do what you think is best,” the armor bearer replied. “I’m with you completely, whatever you decide.”

8“All right, then,” Jonathan told him. “We will cross over and let them see us.

9If they say to us, ‘Stay where you are or we’ll kill you,’ then we will stop and not go up to them.

10But if they say, ‘Come on up and fight,’ then we will go up. That will be the Lord’s sign that he will help us defeat them.”

11When the Philistines saw them coming, they shouted, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of their holes!”

12Then the men from the outpost shouted to Jonathan, “Come on up here, and we’ll teach you a lesson!” “Come on, climb right behind me,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “for the Lord will help us defeat them!”

13So they climbed up using both hands and feet, and the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer killed those who came behind them.

14They killed some twenty men in all, and their bodies were scattered over about half an acre.

15Suddenly, panic broke out in the Philistine army, both in the camp and in the field, including even the outposts and raiding parties. And just then an earthquake struck, and everyone was terrified.

16Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin saw a strange sight—the vast army of Philistines began to melt away in every direction.