1 Samuel 14:13

So Jonathan went up on his hands and on his feet, and, his armour-bearer, followed him,—and they fell before Jonathan, and, his armour-bearer, was slaying after him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.

In Context

12And the men of the garrison responded to Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said—Come up unto us, and we will let you know a thing. Then said Jonathan unto his armour-bearer—Come up after me, for Yahweh hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

14And the first smiting wherewith Jonathan and his armour-bearer smote, was about twenty men,—within, as it were, half a furrow’s length of a yoke of land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:7And ye shall chase your foes,—And they shall fall before you by the sword;

Deuteronomy 28:7Yahweh will deliver thine enemies who rise up against thee, to be routed before thee,—one way, shall they come out against thee, and seven ways, shall they flee before thee:

Joshua 23:10One man of you, can chase a thousand,—for, Yahweh your God, is he that fighteth for you, as he spake to you.

Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:2-16

Jonathan Smites the Philistines. ( b. c. 1067.) 1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the… Read the whole commentary →

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