5. One cliff stood to the north towards Michmash, the other to the south towards Geba.
6. Jonathan said to his young armour-bearer, ‘Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.’
7. ‘Do all that you have in mind,’ his armour-bearer said. ‘Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.’
8. Jonathan said, ‘Come on, then; we will cross over towards 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 that the Lord has given them into our hands.’
11. So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. ‘Look!’ said the Philistines. ‘The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.’