1 Samuel 14:16-18

Contemporary English Version

Israel Defeats the Philistines

¹⁶Saul's lookouts at Geba^[a] saw that the Philistine army was running in every direction, like melted wax. ¹⁷Saul told his officers, “Call the roll and find out who left our camp.” When they had finished, they found out that Jonathan and the soldier who carried his weapons were missing.

¹⁸At that time, Ahijah was serving as priest for the army of Israel, and Saul told him, “Come over here! Let's ask God what we should do.”^[b]

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Footnotes

14.16 Geba: See the note at 14.1-3.
14.18 At that time … should do: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Saul told Ahijah, ‘Bring the sacred chest,’ because at that time it was with the army of Israel.”