²¹ The cost was two-thirds of a shekel^[a] for plowshares and mattocks, but one-third of a shekel for sharpening axes and for setting goads. ²² So on the day of the battle, no swords or spears were to be found in the possession of any of the troops with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

Jonathan leads Israel to victory

²³ Now a group of Philistine soldiers had marched out to the pass at Michmash.