5. The cliff on the north was in front of Micmash, and the one on the south was in front of Geba.
6. “Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer. “Perhaps the lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”
7. “Do what you think is best,” the armor bearer replied. “I’m with you completely, whatever you decide.”
8. “All right then,” Jonathan told him. “We will cross over and let them see us.
9. If they say to us, ‘Stay where you are or we’ll kill you,’ then we will stop and not go up to them.
10. But if they say, ‘Come on up and fight,’ then we will go up. That will be the lord’s sign that he will help us defeat them.”