12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us: for we will show you a thing. Then Jonathan said unto his armor bearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

13 So Jonathan went up upon [a]his hands and upon his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and some fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer slew others after him.

14 So the [b]first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, as it were within half an acre of land which two oxen plow.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:13 That is, he crept up, or went up with all haste.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:14 The second was when they slew one another, and the third when the Israelites chased them.

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