2. Saul was sitting on the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree at Migron. He had about six hundred men with him,
3. including Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, who was Ichabod’s brother and the son of Phinehas the son of Eli, who was the Lord’s priest at Shiloh. He was wearing a priestly vest. None of the troops knew that Jonathan had gone.
4. There were two stone outcroppings in the pass where Jonathan planned on crossing over to the Philistine fort—one on each side. One of these was named Bozez; the other was named Seneh.
5. One outcropping was on the north side, in front of Michmash, and the other was on the south side, in front of Geba.
6. Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, "Come on, let’s go over to the fort of these uncircumcised men. Maybe the Lord will act on our behalf. After all, nothing can stop the Lord from saving, whether there are many soldiers or few."
7. "Go ahead with whatever you’re planning," his armor-bearer replied. "I’m with you, whatever you decide."
8. "All right then," Jonathan said. "We’ll go over to the men and show ourselves.
9. If they say to us, ‘Stay there until we get to you,’ then we’ll stay where we are and won’t go up to them.
10. But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we’ll go up because that will be the sign that the Lord has handed them over to us."
11. So they showed themselves to the Philistine fort, and the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes they’ve been hiding in!"
12. Then the troops in the fort yelled to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, "Come on up! We’ll teach you a lesson!"So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Follow me, because the Lord has handed them over to Israel!"
13. So Jonathan scrambled up on his hands and feet with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan. His armor-bearer, coming behind him, would then finish them off.
14. In the first attack, Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed about twenty men in an area of about half an acre.
15. Panic broke out in the camp, in the field, and among all the troops. Even those in the fort and the raiders shook with fear. The very ground shook! It was a terror from God.
16. Now Saul’s lookouts at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the Philistine camp running all over the place.
17. Saul said to the troops with him, "Take a count and see who is missing." So they counted, and Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.