7. The officer who carried Jonathan’s armor said to him, “Do whatever you think is best. Go ahead. I’m with you.”
8. Jonathan said, “Then come. We will cross over to the Philistines. We will let them see us.
9. They may say to us, ‘Stay there until we come to you.’ If they do, we will stay where we are. We won’t go up to them.
10. But they may say, ‘Come up to us.’ If so, we will climb up. And the Lord will allow us to defeat them. This will be the sign for us.”
11. Both Jonathan and his officer let the Philistines see them. The Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in!”
12. The Philistines in the camp shouted to Jonathan and his officer, “Come up to us. We’ll teach you a lesson!”Jonathan said to his officer, “Climb up behind me. The Lord has given the Philistines to Israel!”
13. So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet. His officer climbed just behind him. Jonathan cut down the Philistines as he went. And his officer killed them as he followed behind Jonathan.
14. In that first fight Jonathan and his officer killed about 20 Philistines.
15. All the Philistine soldiers panicked. Those in the camp and those in the raiding party were frightened. The ground itself shook! God caused the panic.