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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.
1 Samuelsboken 14
Svenska 1917
1 Samuelsboken 14
Svenska 1917
14 Så hände sig nu en dag att Jonatan, Sauls son, sade till sin vapendragare: »Kom, låt oss gå över till filistéernas utpost där på andra sidan.» Men han omtalade det icke för sin fader.
2 Saul vistades då vid Gibeas gräns, under granatträdet i Migron, och folket som han hade hos sig utgjorde vid pass sex hundra man;
3 och Ahia, son till Ahitub, som var broder till I-Kabod, son till Pinehas, son till Eli, HERRENS präst i Silo, har då efoden. Och folket visste icke om, att Jonatan hade gått bort.
4 Men i passet, där Jonatan sökte gå över för att komma till filistéernas utpost, låg på vardera sidan en brant klippa; den ena hette Boses och den andra Sene.
5 Den ena klippan reste sig i norr, mitt emot Mikmas, den andra i söder, mitt emot Geba.
6 Och Jonatan sade till sin vapendragare: »Kom, låt oss gå över till dessa oomskurnas utpost, kanhända skall HERREN göra något för oss. Ty intet hindrar HERREN att giva seger genom få likasåväl som genom många.»
7 Hans vapendragare svarade honom: »Gör allt vad du har i sinnet. Gå du åstad; jag följer dig vart du vill.»
8 Då sade Jonatan: »Välan, vi skola gå över till männen där och laga så, att de få se oss.
9 Om de då säga till oss så: 'Stån stilla, till dess vi komma fram till eder', då skola vi stanna där vi äro och icke stiga upp till dem.
10 Om de däremot säga så: 'Kommen hitupp till oss', då skola vi stiga ditupp, ty då har HERREN givit dem i vår hand; detta skall för oss vara tecknet härtill.»
11 När nu de två hade blivit synliga för filistéernas utpost, sade filistéerna: »Se, hebréerna krypa ut ur hålen där de hava gömt sig.»
12 Därpå ropade utpostens manskap till Jonatan och hans vapendragare och sade: »Kommen hitupp till oss, så skola vi väl lära eder!» Då sade Jonatan till sin vapendragare: »Följ mig ditupp, ty HERREN har givit dem i Israels hand.»
13 Och Jonatan klättrade på händer och fötter uppför, och hans vapendragare följde honom. Och de föllo för Jonatan; och hans vapendragare gick efter honom och gav dem dödsstöten.
14 I det första anfallet nedgjorde så Jonatan och hans vapendragare vid pass tjugu män, på en sträcka av vid pass ett halvt plogland.
15 Då uppstod förskräckelse i lägret på fältet och bland allt folket; utposterna och de som hade gått ut för att härja grepos ock av förskräckelse. Och marken darrade, så att en förskräckelse ifrån Gud uppstod.
16 Och Sauls väktare i Gibea i Benjamin fingo se att hopen var i upplösning, och att man sprang hit och dit.
17 Då sade Saul till folket som han hade hos sig: »Hållen mönstring och sen efter, vem som har gått ifrån oss.» När de då höllo mönstring, funno de att Jonatan och hans vapendragare icke voro där.
18 Då sade Saul till Ahia: »För hit Guds ark.» Ty Guds ark fanns på den tiden bland Israels barn.
19 Medan Saul ännu talade med prästen, tilltog larmet i filistéernas läger allt mer och mer. Då sade Saul till prästen: »Låt det vara.»
20 Och Saul och allt det folk som han hade hos sig församlade sig och drogo till stridsplatsen; där fingo de se att den ene hade lyft sitt svärd mot den andre, så att en mycket stor förvirring hade uppstått.
21 Och de hebréer som sedan gammalt lydde under filistéerna, och som hade dragit hitupp med dem och voro här och där i lägret, dessa slöto sig nu ock till de israeliter som anfördes av Saul och Jonatan.
22 Och när de israeliter som hade gömt sig i Efraims bergsbygd hörde att filistéerna flydde, satte alla dessa också efter dem och deltogo i striden.
23 Så gav HERREN Israel seger på den dagen, och striden fortsattes ända bortom Bet-Aven.
24 När nu Israels män på den dagen voro hårt ansträngda, band Saul folket med följande ed: »Förbannad vare den man som förtär någon föda före aftonen, och innan jag har tagit hämnd på mina fiender.» Så smakade då ingen av folket någon föda.
25 Och när de allasammans kommo in i skogsbygden, låg honung på marken.
26 Men när folket hade kommit in i skogsbygden och fått se den utflutna honungen, vågade dock ingen föra handen upp till munnen, ty folket fruktade för eden.
27 Jonatan däremot hade icke hört, när hans fader band folket med eden; därför räckte han ut staven som han hade i sin hand och doppade dess ända i honungskakan, och förde så handen till munnen; då kunde hans ögon åter se klart.
28 Men en man bland folket tog till orda och sade: »Din fader har bundit folket med en dyr ed och sagt: 'Förbannad vare den man som dag förtär någon föda.'» Och folket var uttröttat.
29 Jonatan svarade: »Min fader har därmed dragit olycka över landet. Sen huru klara mina ögon hava blivit, därför att jag smakade något litet av honungen här.
30 Huru mycket mer, om folket i dag hade fått äta sig mätta av bytet som de hade tagit från sina fiender -- huru mycket större skulle icke då filistéernas nederlag hava blivit!»
31 Emellertid slogo de filistéerna på den dagen och förföljde dem från Mikmas till Ajalon. Och folket var mycket uttröttat.
32 Därför kastade sig folket över bytet och tog får, oxar och kalvar och slaktade dem på marken; och folket åt sedan köttet med blodet i.
33 När man berättade detta för Saul och sade: »Se, folket syndar mot HERREN genom att äta kött med blodet i», utropade han: »I haven handlat brottsligt. Vältren nu fram till mig en stor sten.»
34 Och Saul sade vidare: »Gån ut bland folket och sägen till dem 'Var och en före fram till mig sin oxe och sitt får, och slakten dem här och äten; synden icke mot HERREN genom att äta köttet med blodet i.'» Då förde allt folket, var och en med egen hand, om natten fram sina oxar och slaktade dem där.
35 Och Saul byggde ett altare åt HERREN; detta var det första altare som han byggde åt HERREN.
36 Och Saul sade: »Låt oss i natt draga ned och förfölja filistéerna och anställa plundring bland dem, ända till dess det bliver dager i morgon, och låt oss laga så, att ingen av dem bliver kvar.» De svarade: »Gör allt vad dig täckes.» Men prästen sade: »Låt oss träda fram hit till Gud.»
37 Då frågade Saul Gud: »Skall jag draga ned och förfölja filistéerna? Vill du då giva dem i Israels hand?» Men han gav honom intet svar den dagen.
38 Då sade Saul: »Kommen hitfram, alla I folkets förnämsta män, för att I mån få veta och se vari den synd består, som i dag har blivit begången.
39 Ty så sant HERREN lever, han som har givit Israel seger: om den ock vore begången av min son Jonatan, skall han döden dö.» Men ingen bland allt folket svarade honom.
40 Då sade han till hela Israel: »Ställen I eder på ena sidan, så vill jag med min son Jonatan ställa mig på andra sidan.» Folket svarade Saul: »Gör vad dig täckes.»
41 Och Saul sade till HERREN, »Israels Gud: »Låt sanningen komma i dagen.» Då träffades Jonatan och Saul av lotten, och folket gick fritt.
42 Saul sade: »Kasten lott mellan mig och min son Jonatan.» Då träffades Jonatan av lotten.
43 Saul sade till Jonatan: »Omtala för mig vad du har gjort.» Då omtalade Jonatan det för honom och sade: »Med ändan av staven som jag hade i min hand tog jag litet honung och smakade därpå -- och så skall jag nu dö!»
44 Saul svarade: »Ja, Gud straffe mig nu och framgent: du måste döden dö, Jonatan.»
45 Men folket sade till Saul: »Skulle Jonatan dö, han som har förskaffat Israel denna stora seger? Bort det! Så sant HERREN lever, icke ett hår från hans huvud skall falla till jorden; ty med Guds hjälp har han i dag utfört detta.» Och folket köpte Jonatan fri ifrån döden.
46 Och Saul drog hem, utan att vidare förfölja filistéerna; filistéerna begåvo sig ock hem till sitt.
47 När Saul nu hade tagit konungadömet över Israel i besittning, förde han krig mot alla sina fiender runt omkring: mot Moab, mot Ammons barn, mot Edom, mot konungarna i Soba och mot filistéerna; och vart han vände sig tuktade han dem.
48 Han gjorde mäktiga ting och slog Amalek och räddade så Israel från dess plundrares hand.
49 Sauls söner voro Jonatan, Jisvi och Malki-Sua; och av hans båda döttrar hette den äldre Merab och den yngre Mikal.
50 Sauls hustru hette Ahinoam, Ahimaas' dotter. Hans härhövitsman hette Abiner, son till Ner, som var Sauls farbroder.
51 Ty Kis, Sauls fader, och Ner, Abners fader, voro söner till Abiel.
52 Men kriget mot filistéerna pågick häftigt, så länge Saul levde. Och varhelst Saul såg någon rask och krigsduglig man tog han honom i sin tjänst.
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
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