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.”
11. When the Philistines saw them coming, they shouted, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of their holes!”
12. Then the men from the outpost shouted to Jonathan, “Come on up here, and we’ll teach you a lesson!”“Come on, climb right behind me,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “for the lord will help us defeat them!”
13. So they climbed up using both hands and feet, and the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer killed those who came behind them.