9. If they tell us to wait for them to come to us, then we will stay where we are.
10. But if they tell us to go to them, then we will, because that will be the sign that the Lord has given us victory over them.”
11. So they let the Philistines see them, and the Philistines said, “Look! Some Hebrews are coming out of the holes they have been hiding in!”
12. Then they called out to Jonathan and the young man, “Come on up here! We have something to tell you!”Jonathan said to the young man, “Follow me. The Lord has given Israel victory over them.”
13. Jonathan climbed up out of the pass on his hands and knees, and the young man followed him. Jonathan attacked the Philistines and knocked them down, and the young man killed them.
14. In that first slaughter Jonathan and the young man killed about twenty men in an area of about a quarter of a hectare.
15. All the Philistines in the countryside were terrified; the raiders and the soldiers in the camp trembled with fear; the earth shook, and there was great panic.
16. Saul's men on watch at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin saw the Philistines running in confusion.
17. So Saul said to his men, “Count the soldiers and find out who is missing.” They did so and found that Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons were missing.
18. “Bring the ephod here,” Saul said to Ahijah the priest. (On that day Ahijah was carrying it in front of the people of Israel.)
19. As Saul was speaking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp got worse and worse, so Saul said to him, “There's no time to consult the Lord!”
20. Then he and his men marched into battle against the Philistines, who were fighting each other in complete confusion.
21. Some Hebrews, who had been on the Philistine side and had gone with them to the camp, changed sides again and joined Saul and Jonathan.