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1 Sa-mu-ên 14
New Vietnamese Bible
1 Sa-mu-ên 14
New Vietnamese Bible
Giô-na-than Tấn Công Đồn Phi-li-tin
14 Một hôm, Giô-na-than bảo thanh niên vác binh khí cho mình: “Nào, chúng ta hãy đi sang đồn người Phi-li-tin đóng đối diện bên kia.” Nhưng anh không nói cho cha mình biết.
2 Bấy giờ vua Sau-lơ đang đóng quân dưới cây lựu ở Mi-gơ-rôn,[a] vùng ngoại ô thành Ghi-bê-a; quân số của vua khoảng sáu trăm người. 3 Thầy tế lễ đương thời mang ê-phót để cầu hỏi ý CHÚA là A-bi-gia, con trai A-hi-túp (A-hi-túp là anh của Y-ca-bốt), cháu của Phi-nê-a, chắt của Hê-li (Hê-li là thầy tế lễ của CHÚA tại Si-lô). Binh sĩ không ai biết Giô-na-than đã rời trại.
4 Giô-na-than muốn đi sang đồn người Phi-li-tin nên phải vượt qua đèo giữa hai đỉnh đá, đỉnh này gọi là Bốt-sết,[b] đỉnh kia gọi là Sê-nê.[c] 5 Đỉnh phía bắc đối diện với Mích-ma, còn đỉnh phía nam đối diện với Ghê-ba.
6 Giô-na-than bảo thanh niên vác binh khí: “Nào, chúng ta hãy đi sang đồn bọn ngoại đạo[d] kia. Biết đâu CHÚA sẽ giúp chúng ta, vì không có gì ngăn cản CHÚA cho chúng ta chiến thắng, dù quân số chúng ta nhiều hay ít.” 7 Thanh niên vác binh khí đáp: “Xin ông cứ làm mọi điều ông muốn. Tôi một lòng theo ông.” 8 Giô-na-than nói tiếp: “Vậy, ta sẽ đi đến với bọn người đó, cho họ thấy ta. 9 Nếu chúng bảo ta: ‘Đứng lại, chờ ta đến chỗ chúng bay!’ Chúng ta sẽ đứng lại, không đi lên phía chúng nữa. 10 Nhưng nếu chúng bảo: ‘Lên đây!’ thì ta sẽ tiến lên, vì đó là dấu hiệu CHÚA sẽ nộp chúng vào tay ta.”
11 Vậy hai người tiến về phía đồn người Phi-li-tin, cho họ thấy mình. Người Phi-li-tin nói với nhau: “Kìa, bọn Hy-bá chui ra khỏi hang nơi chúng trú ẩn!” 12 Quân lính trong đồn gọi với ra Giô-na-than và người vác binh khí: “Lên đây, ta cho chúng bay biết chuyện!” Giô-na-than nói với người vác binh khí: “Hãy bám sát theo ta, vì CHÚA đã nộp chúng vào tay dân Y-sơ-ra-ên.”
13 Giô-na-than dùng cả tay và chân leo lên, người vác binh khí bám sát theo sau. Giô-na-than đánh quân Phi-li-tin ngã gục, người vác binh khí theo sau kết liễu đời chúng. 14 Trong cuộc tấn công đầu tiên này, Giô-na-than và người vác binh khí giết được khoảng 20 người trên diện tích bằng chừng nửa luống cày của một sào đất.[e]
15 Toàn quân trong trại cũng như ngoài đồng đều kinh hãi; quân trong đồn và ngay cả các toán quân cướp phá cũng kinh sợ. Đất rung chuyển khiến mọi người càng thêm sợ hãi.[f]
Người Phi-li-tin Thua Trận
16 Lính canh của vua Sau-lơ tại Ghi-bê-a thuộc xứ Bên-gia-min nhìn thấy đám đông chạy hỗn loạn. 17 Vua Sau-lơ bảo quân lính: “Hãy điểm quân, xem ai rời khỏi đây.” Họ điểm quân và thấy thiếu Giô-na-than và người vác binh khí của anh.
18 Vua Sau-lơ bảo thầy tế lễ A-hi-gia: “Xin ông mang Rương Giao Ước của Đức Chúa Trời lại đây.” Lúc bấy giờ Rương Giao Ước của Đức Chúa Trời ở giữa dân Y-sơ-ra-ên.[g] 19 Trong khi vua Sau-lơ còn đang nói với thầy tế lễ, trại quân Phi-li-tin mỗi lúc càng thêm ồn ào náo loạn. Vua Sau-lơ bảo thầy tế lễ: “Xin ông rút tay lại.”[h] 20 Vua Sau-lơ tập họp toàn quân xông vào trận mạc. Kìa, người Phi-li-tin trở gươm chém giết lẫn nhau, quan cảnh vô cùng hỗn loạn. 21 Những người Hy-bá trước kia theo phía Phi-li-tin nay cũng theo vua Sau-lơ và Giô-na-than. 22 Tất cả những người Y-sơ-ra-ên đang ẩn núp trong vùng đồi núi Ép-ra-im, nghe tin người Phi-li-tin thua chạy cũng đuổi sát theo chúng trong cuộc chiến. 23 Vậy, CHÚA giải cứu dân Y-sơ-ra-ên ngày hôm ấy.
Binh Sĩ Y-sơ-ra-ên Giải Cứu Giô-na-than
Chiến tranh lan rộng vượt khỏi thành Bết A-ven. 24 Nhưng hôm ấy, binh sĩ Y-sơ-ra-ên mệt lả người vì vua Sau-lơ buộc họ giữ lời thề: “Người nào ăn chút gì trước khi chiều tối, trước khi ta trả thù xong quân thù của ta, đáng bị rủa sả!” Vì thế, toàn quân không ai dám nếm một chút gì.
25 Mọi người đến một cánh rừng, có mật ong ngay trên mặt đất. 26 Họ vào trong rừng, thấy mật ong chảy, nhưng không ai dám lấy tay chấm đưa vào miệng, vì sợ lời thề. 27 Nhưng Giô-na-than không có nghe cha mình buộc binh sĩ giữ lời thề. Anh giơ cây gậy cầm trong tay ra, nhúng đầu gậy vào tàng ong, lấy tay chấm cho vào miệng. Tức thì mắt anh sáng lên. 28 Một người trong đám binh sĩ liền nói: “Cha anh buộc các binh sĩ giữ lời thề: ‘Người nào ăn chút gì ngày hôm nay đáng bị rủa sả!’ Vì thế các binh sĩ đều kiệt sức.”
29 Giô-na-than đáp: “Cha tôi đã gây rắc rối cho đất nước. Anh em xem mắt tôi sáng bừng lên chỉ vì tôi nếm chút mật ong này. 30 Giả sử hôm nay các binh sĩ được tự do ăn chiến lợi phẩm họ thu được khi đánh thắng quân thù, thì quân Phi-li-tin chắc sẽ thất trận nặng nề hơn biết bao!”
31 Ngày hôm ấy, các binh sĩ đánh bại người Phi-li-tin từ thành Mích-ma chạy dài đến thành A-gia-lôn thì họ đuối sức. 32 Các binh sĩ xông vào lấy chiến lợi phẩm, bắt chiên dê, bò và bò con, giết ngay trên đất, rồi ăn thịt hãy còn máu. 33 Có người báo cáo với vua Sau-lơ: “Các binh sĩ phạm tội với CHÚA, họ ăn thịt hãy còn máu.” Vua quát lên: “Các người đã bội ước! Hãy lăn ngay một hòn đá to lại đây cho ta.” 34 Vua Sau-lơ ra lệnh tiếp: “Hãy rải người ra đi bảo các binh sĩ ai nấy phải đem bò, chiên, dê của mình lại đây, làm thịt tại đây, rồi ăn. Các ngươi không được ăn thịt hãy còn máu mà phạm tội với CHÚA.” Đêm ấy, các binh sĩ ai nấy đều đem bò mình đến và làm thịt tại đó. 35 Thế là vua Sau-lơ dựng bàn thờ để thờ CHÚA; đây là lần đầu tiên vua dựng bàn thờ để thờ CHÚA.
36 Sau đó, vua Sau-lơ đề nghị: “Ta hãy đuổi theo quân Phi-li-tin đêm nay, cướp phá chúng đến khi trời hừng sáng, và đừng để cho tên nào sống sót.” Quân sĩ đáp: “Vua thấy điều gì phải, xin vua cứ làm.” Nhưng thầy tế lễ góp ý: “Chúng ta nên cầu hỏi ý Đức Chúa Trời trước đã.” 37 Vua Sau-lơ cầu hỏi Đức Chúa Trời: “Con có nên đuổi theo quân Phi-li-tin không? Ngài có nộp chúng vào tay dân Y-sơ-ra-ên không?” Nhưng Đức Chúa Trời không đáp lời ngày hôm ấy. 38 Vua Sau-lơ ra lệnh: “Các vị chỉ huy quân đội, hãy đến đây tìm xem ai đã phạm tội gì ngày hôm nay. 39 Xin CHÚA Hằng Sống chứng cho ta, ta hứa rằng kẻ nào phạm tội chắc chắn phải chết, dù cho kẻ ấy là Giô-na-than, con ta.” Toàn quân, không ai đáp lời vua. 40 Vua ra lệnh cho toàn quân Y-sơ-ra-ên: “Các người đứng một bên, còn ta và Giô-na-than, con ta, đứng bên kia.” Các binh sĩ đáp: “Xin vua làm điều gì đẹp ý vua.”
41 Vua Sau-lơ cầu nguyện: “Lạy CHÚA là Đức Chúa Trời của Y-sơ-ra-ên, sao Ngài không đáp lời tôi tớ CHÚA ngày hôm nay? Lạy CHÚA, xin đáp lời con qua các viên đá thánh. Nếu đây là lỗi của con, hoặc của Giô-na-than, con trai con, xin Ngài cho U-rim; còn nếu đây là lỗi của các binh sĩ Y-sơ-ra-ên, xin Ngài cho Thu-mim.”[i] Giô-na-than và vua Sau-lơ bị trúng thăm, còn binh sĩ thoát khỏi. 42 Vua Sau-lơ truyền: “Hãy rút thăm giữa ta và Giô-na-than, con ta.” Giô-na-than bị trúng thăm. 43 Vua Sau-lơ bảo Giô-na-than: “Hãy cho cha biết con đã làm gì.” Giô-na-than thưa: “Thú thật với cha, con có nếm một chút mật ong bằng đầu cây gậy con cầm trong tay. Con sẵn sàng chịu chết.” 44 Vua Sau-lơ thề: “Nguyện Đức Chúa Trời phạt cha thế này hoặc nặng hơn nữa, nếu con không bị xử tử, Giô-na-than!” 45 Nhưng binh sĩ thưa với vua Sau-lơ: “Lẽ nào ông Giô-na-than phải chết khi chính ông đã mang lại chiến thắng vẻ vang này cho dân Y-sơ-ra-ên? Không thể được! Xin CHÚA Hằng Sống chứng cho chúng tôi, chúng tôi sẽ không để một sợi tóc nào trên đầu ông rơi xuống đất, vì ông làm được việc ngày hôm nay là nhờ có Đức Chúa Trời giúp đỡ ông.”
Thế là binh sĩ cứu Giô-na-than thoát khỏi án tử hình. 46 Vua Sau-lơ ngưng, không đuổi theo quân Phi-li-tin nữa, và chúng rút về xứ mình.
Vua Sau-lơ Chiến Thắng Quân Thù
47 Sau khi lên ngôi cai trị dân Y-sơ-ra-ên, vua Sau-lơ giao chiến với mọi kẻ thù tứ phía: quân Mô-áp, Am-môn, Ê-đôm, các vua Xô-ba, và quân Phi-li-tin. Vua đánh trận nào vua cũng thắng.[j] 48 Vua chiến đấu anh dũng, dẹp tan quân A-ma-léc, và giải cứu dân Y-sơ-ra-ên khỏi tay quân cướp phá.
Gia Đình Vua Sau-lơ
49 Vua Sau-lơ có ba con trai: Giô-na-than, Gi-sê-vi, Manh-ki-sua và hai con gái, cô lớn là Mê-ráp, và cô nhỏ là Mi-canh. 50 Vợ vua Sau-lơ là A-hi-nô-am, con gái ông A-hi-mát. Tổng tư lệnh quân đội là Áp-ne, con trai ông Nê-rơ; ông này là chú vua Sau-lơ. 51 Ông Kích, cha vua Sau-lơ, và ông Nê-rơ, cha ông Áp-ne, đều là con ông A-bi-ên. 52 Suốt triều vua Sau-lơ, vua giao tranh kịch liệt với quân Phi-li-tin. Vì thế, khi thấy ai hùng dũng can trường, vua Sau-lơ liền thu nạp vào quân đội của vua.
Footnotes
- 14:2 Mi-gơ-rôn là địa danh, nhưng cũng có thể hiểu là: “cạnh sân đạp lúa.”
- 14:4 Nghĩa là: bóng láng, trơn tru
- 14:4 Nghĩa là: gai gốc
- 14:6 Nt: bọn người không cắt bì kia
- 14:14 Nghĩa là khoảng 360m vuông
- 14:15 Nt: “nó trở thành sự sợ hãi của Đức Chúa Trời” nghĩa là sự sợ hãi rất lớn
- 14:18 LXX: “Xin ông mang ê-phót lại đây” lúc bấy giờ thầy tế lễ A-hi-gia mang ê-phót trước mặt dân Y-sơ-ra-ên
- 14:19 Nghĩa là: “Sự kiện rõ ràng quá rồi, chúng ta khỏi phải cầu hỏi ý CHÚA nữa”; xem Xuất 28:15-30
- 14:41 Dịch theo các cổ bản; nt: tối nghĩa: Vua Sau-lơ thưa với CHÚA: “Lạy Đức Chúa Trời của Y-sơ-ra-ên, xin Ngài ban điều trọn vẹn.”
- 14:47 Dịch theo LXX; nt: cũng làm điều ác
1 Samuel 14
New International Version
1 Samuel 14
New International Version
14 1 One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
2 Saul was staying(A) on the outskirts of Gibeah(B) under a pomegranate tree(C) in Migron.(D) With him were about six hundred men, 3 among whom was Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was a son of Ichabod’s(E) brother Ahitub(F) son of Phinehas, the son of Eli,(G) the Lord’s priest in Shiloh.(H) No one was aware that Jonathan had left.
4 On each side of the pass(I) that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozez and the other Seneh. 5 One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba.(J)
6 Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised(K) men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing(L) can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many(M) or by few.(N)”
7 “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
8 Jonathan said, “Come on, then; we will cross over toward them and let them see us. 9 If they say to us, ‘Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them. 10 But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ we will climb up, because that will be our sign(O) that the Lord has given them into our hands.(P)”
11 So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews(Q) are crawling out of the holes they were hiding(R) in.” 12 The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come up to us and we’ll teach you a lesson.(S)”
So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Climb up after me; the Lord has given them into the hand(T) of Israel.”
13 Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and killed behind him. 14 In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre.
Israel Routs the Philistines
15 Then panic(U) struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding(V) parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.[a]
16 Saul’s lookouts(W) at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the army melting away in all directions. 17 Then Saul said to the men who were with him, “Muster the forces and see who has left us.” When they did, it was Jonathan and his armor-bearer who were not there.
18 Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring(X) the ark(Y) of God.” (At that time it was with the Israelites.)[b] 19 While Saul was talking to the priest, the tumult in the Philistine camp increased more and more. So Saul said to the priest,(Z) “Withdraw your hand.”
20 Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle. They found the Philistines in total confusion, striking(AA) each other with their swords. 21 Those Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp went(AB) over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 When all the Israelites who had hidden(AC) in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were on the run, they joined the battle in hot pursuit. 23 So on that day the Lord saved(AD) Israel, and the battle moved on beyond Beth Aven.(AE)
Jonathan Eats Honey
24 Now the Israelites were in distress that day, because Saul had bound the people under an oath,(AF) saying, “Cursed be anyone who eats food before evening comes, before I have avenged myself on my enemies!” So none of the troops tasted food.
25 The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb.(AG) He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.[c] 28 Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food today!’ That is why the men are faint.”
29 Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble(AH) for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much better it would have been if the men had eaten today some of the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?”
31 That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Mikmash(AI) to Aijalon,(AJ) they were exhausted. 32 They pounced on the plunder(AK) and, taking sheep, cattle and calves, they butchered them on the ground and ate them, together with the blood.(AL) 33 Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood(AM) in it.”
“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.” 34 Then he said, “Go out among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your cattle and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat them. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood still(AN) in it.’”
So everyone brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there. 35 Then Saul built an altar(AO) to the Lord; it was the first time he had done this.
36 Saul said, “Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive.”
“Do whatever seems best to you,” they replied.
But the priest said, “Let us inquire(AP) of God here.”
37 So Saul asked God, “Shall I go down and pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into Israel’s hand?” But God did not answer(AQ) him that day.
38 Saul therefore said, “Come here, all you who are leaders of the army, and let us find out what sin has been committed(AR) today. 39 As surely as the Lord who rescues Israel lives,(AS) even if the guilt lies with my son Jonathan,(AT) he must die.”(AU) But not one of them said a word.
40 Saul then said to all the Israelites, “You stand over there; I and Jonathan my son will stand over here.”
“Do what seems best to you,” they replied.
41 Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault,[d] respond with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared. 42 Saul said, “Cast the lot(AV) between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”(AW)
So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey(AX) with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”
44 Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(AY) if you do not die, Jonathan.(AZ)”
45 But the men said to Saul, “Should Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair(BA) of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” So the men rescued(BB) Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
46 Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they withdrew to their own land.
47 After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab,(BC) the Ammonites,(BD) Edom,(BE) the kings[e] of Zobah,(BF) and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.[f] 48 He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites,(BG) delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.
Saul’s Family
49 Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi and Malki-Shua.(BH) The name of his older daughter was Merab, and that of the younger was Michal.(BI) 50 His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of Saul’s army was Abner(BJ) son of Ner, and Ner was Saul’s uncle.(BK) 51 Saul’s father Kish(BL) and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
52 All the days of Saul there was bitter war with the Philistines, and whenever Saul saw a mighty or brave man, he took(BM) him into his service.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 14:15 Or a terrible panic
- 1 Samuel 14:18 Hebrew; Septuagint “Bring the ephod.” (At that time he wore the ephod before the Israelites.)
- 1 Samuel 14:27 Or his strength was renewed; similarly in verse 29
- 1 Samuel 14:41 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have “Why … at fault.
- 1 Samuel 14:47 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint king
- 1 Samuel 14:47 Hebrew; Septuagint he was victorious
1 Samuel 14
King James Version
1 Samuel 14
King James Version
14 Now 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.
2 And 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;
3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod'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.
4 And 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.
5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
6 And 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.
7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
9 If 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.
10 But 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.
11 And 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.
12 And 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.
13 And 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.
14 And 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.
15 And 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.
16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
17 Then 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.
18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
19 And 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.
20 And 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.
21 Moreover 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.
22 Likewise 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.
23 So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
24 And 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.
25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
26 And 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.
27 But 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.
28 Then 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.
29 Then 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.
30 How 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?
31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
32 And 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.
33 Then 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.
34 And 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.
35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.
36 And 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.
37 And 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.
38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
39 For, 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.
40 Then 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.
41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then 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.
44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
45 And 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.
46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
47 So 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.
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
50 And 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.
51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
52 And 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.
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