1 Samuel 14:16-18

Good News Translation

The Defeat of the Philistines

¹⁶ Saul's men on watch at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin saw the Philistines running in confusion. ¹⁷ So Saul said to his men, “Count the soldiers and find out who is missing.” They did so and found that Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons were missing. ¹⁸ “Bring the ephod^[a] here,” Saul said to Ahijah the priest. (On that day Ahijah was carrying it in front of the people of Israel.)^[b]