<p class="bodytext">Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines,<n id="1" /> while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel<n id="1" /> will meet you. One of them will be carrying three young goats, one of them will be carrying three round loaves of bread, and one of them will be carrying a container of wine.

Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal,<n id="1" /> and he became his armor bearer.

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.p>

Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, &#8220;Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, &#8220;Come up behind me, for the <sc>Lordsc> has given<n id="2" /> them into the hand of Israel!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Saul said to his armor bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.&#8221; But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

<p class="bodytext">Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

<p class="bodytext">When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived)<n id="1" /> and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.<n id="2" />

His armor bearer said to him, &#8220;Do everything that is on your mind.<n id="1" /> Do as you&#8217;re inclined. I&#8217;m with you all the way!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.p>

So Saul said to the army that was with him, &#8220;Muster the troops and see who is no longer with us.&#8221; When they mustered the troops,<n id="1" /> Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

The shaft<n id="1" /> of his spear was like a weaver&#8217;s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels.<n id="2" /> His shield bearer was walking before him.p>

<p class="bodytext">David replied to Saul, &#8220;Your servant has been a shepherd for his father&#8217;s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,

Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, &#8220;Go back<n id="1" /> to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you<n id="2" /> and responded favorably.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Then David and the men<n id="1" /> who were with him wept loudly<n id="2" /> until they could weep no more.<n id="3" />

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

I chose your ancestor<n id="1" /> from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor&#8217;s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

<p class="bodytext">So the army<n id="1" /> sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.