1Now it came to pass upon a day, that Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] the son of Sha’ul [desired] said unto the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the P’lishtim [Immigrants]' Garrison (fortification; military post), that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father. 2And Sha’ul [desired] tarried in the uttermost part of Giv’ah [Hill] under a pomegranate tree which [is] in Migron [precipice]: and the people that [were] with him [were] about six hundred men; 3And Achiyah [brother of Yehovah], the son of Achituv [my brother is good], I-Khavod's brother, the son of Pinchas [mouth of brass], the son of ‘Eli [ascension], the LORD-Yehovah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] priest in Shiloh [Place of Rest], wearing an ephod (vest). And the people knew not that Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] was gone. 4And between the passages, by which Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] sought to go over unto the P’lishtim [Immigrants]' Garrison (fortification; military post), [there was] a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one [was] Botzetz [surpassing white; glistening], and the name of the other Seneh [thorny]. 5The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over against Mikhmas [hidden], and the other southward over against Giv’ah [Hill].

6And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the Garrison (fortification; military post) of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) will work for us: for [there is] no restraint to the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) to save by many or by few. 7And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that [is] in youⁱ heart: turn youⁱ; behold, I [am] with youⁱ according to youⁱ heart. 8Then said Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given], Behold, we will pass over unto [these] men, and we will discover (uncover; reveal; have first sight of) ourselves unto them. 9If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has delivered them into our hand: and this [shall be] a sign unto us. 11And both of them discovered themselves unto the Garrison (fortification; military post) of the P’lishtim [Immigrants]: and the P’lishtim [Immigrants] said, Behold, the ‘Evri’ot [Hebrew] come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12And the men of the Garrison (fortification; military post) answered Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has delivered them into the hand of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]. 13And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given]; and his armourbearer killed after him. 14And that first slaughter, which Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] a yoke [of oxen might plow]. 15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the Garrison (fortification; military post), and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.

16And the watchmen of Sha’ul [desired] in Giv’ah [Hill] of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down [one another]. 17Then said Sha’ul [desired] unto the people that [were] with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] and his armourbearer [were] not [there]. 18And Sha’ul [desired] said unto Achiyah [brother of Yehovah], Bring here the ark of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]. For the ark of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was at that time with the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]. 19And it came to pass, while Sha’ul [desired] talked unto the priest, that the noise that [was] in the host of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] went on and increased: and Sha’ul [desired] said unto the priest, Withdraw youⁱ hand. 20And Sha’ul [desired] and all the people that [were] with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great discomfiture. 21Moreover the ‘Evri’ot [Hebrew] [that] were with the P’lishtim [Immigrants] before that time, which went up with them into the camp [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Yisra’eli’s that [were] with Sha’ul [desired] and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given]. 22Likewise all the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] which had hid themselves in mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], [when] they heard that the P’lishtim [Immigrants] fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23So the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) saved Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] that day: and the battle passed over unto Beit-On [vanity] [house of vanity].

24And the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] were distressed that day: for Sha’ul [desired] had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eats [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food. 25And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27But Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28Then answered one of the people, and said, Your1s father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eats [any] food this day. And the people were faint. 29Then said Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given], My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you, how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30How much more, if perhaps (maybe) the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the P’lishtim [Immigrants]?

31And they struck the P’lishtim [Immigrants] that day from Mikhmas [hidden] to Ayalon [Field of Deer]: and the people were very faint. 32And the people flew upon the spoil (plunder; prey; booty), and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and killed [them] on the ground: and the people did eat [them] with the blood. 33Then they told Sha’ul [desired], saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), in that they eat with the blood. And he said, You^2f have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. 34And Sha’ul [desired] said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay [them] here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed [them] there. 35And Sha’ul [desired] built an altar unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

36And Sha’ul [desired] said, Let us go down after the P’lishtim [Immigrants] by night, and spoil (plunder; prey; booty) them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seems good unto youⁱ. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here unto God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]. 37And Sha’ul [desired] asked counsel of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], Shall I go down after the P’lishtim [Immigrants]? will youⁱ deliver them into the hand of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]? But he answered him not that day. 38And Sha’ul [desired] said, Draw you^2f near here, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin has been this day. 39For, [as] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, which saves Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], though it be in Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] my son, he shall surely die. But [there was] not a man among all the people [that] answered him. 40Then said he unto all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Be you^2f on one side, and I and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Sha’ul [desired], Do what seems good unto youⁱ. 41Therefore Sha’ul [desired] said unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Give a perfect [lot]. And Sha’ul [desired] and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] were taken: but the people escaped. 42And Sha’ul [desired] said, Cast [lots] between me and Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] my son. And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] was taken.

43Then Sha’ul [desired] said to Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given], Tell me what youⁱ have done. And Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that [was] in my hand, [and], lo, I must die. 44And Sha’ul [desired] answered, God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] do so and more also: for youⁱ shall surely die, Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given]. 45And the people said unto Sha’ul [desired], Shall Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] die, who has wrought this great salvation in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]? God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] forbid: [as] the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to (to do entirely, do wholly) the ground; for he has wrought with God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] this day. So the people rescued Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given], that he died not. 46Then Sha’ul [desired] went up from following the P’lishtim [Immigrants]: and the P’lishtim [Immigrants] went to their own place.

47So Sha’ul [desired] took the kingdom over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and against Edom [Red], and against the kings of Tzovah [station], and against the P’lishtim [Immigrants]: and to wherever he turned himself, he vexed [them]. 48And he gathered an host, and struck the ‘Amalekim [Dwellers in a Valley], and delivered Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

49Now the sons of Sha’ul [desired] were Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given], and Yishvi [he resembles me], and Malkishua [my king is wealth]: and the names of his two daughters [were these]; the name of the firstborn Merav [increase], and the name of the younger Mikhal [who is like God?]: 50And the name of Sha’ul’s [desired] wife [was] Achino’am [my brother is delight], the daughter of Achima’atz [my brother is anger (wrath)]: and the name of the captain of his host [was] Avner [my father is a lamp], the son of Ner [lamp], Sha’ul’s [desired] uncle. 51And Kish [bent] [was] the father of Sha’ul [desired]; and Ner [lamp] the father of Avner [my father is a lamp] [was] the son of Avi’el [El (God) is my father].

52And there was sore war against the P’lishtim [Immigrants] all the days of Sha’ul [desired]: and when Sha’ul [desired] saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.