## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 14

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:1
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וַהֲוָה יוֹמָא וַאֲמַר יוֹנָתָן בַּר שָׁאוּל לְעוּלֵימָא נָטֵיל זְיָנֵיהּ אִיתָא וְנֶעְבַד לְאִסְטַרְטִיג פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי דְמֵעֶבְרָא דֵיכִי וְלַאֲבוּהִי לָא חַוֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to his young man who bore his armour, “Come, let us cross over to the praetor of the Philistines on yonder side.” But he did not tell his father.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:2
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וְשָׁאוּל יָתֵיב בִּסְיָפֵי גִבְעֲתָא בְּשִׁפּוּלֵי רִמוֹן דִי בְמִגְרוֹן וְעַמָא דְעִמֵיהּ כְּשִׁית מְאָה גַבְרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul was staying in the outskirts of The Hill, under the pomegranate tree which is at Migron; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:3
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וַאֲחִיָה בַּר אֲחִיטוּב אֲחוּהִי דְאִיכָבוֹד בַּר פִּינְחָס בַּר עֵלִי כָּהֵין מְשַׁמֵשׁ קֳדָם יְיָ בְּשִׁילֹה לָבֵישׁ אֵיפוֹדָא וְעַמָא לָא יְדַע אֲרֵי אֲזַל יוֹנָתָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest serving before the LORD at Shiloh, was wearing the ephod. And the people did not knowthat Jonathan had gone.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:4
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וּבֵין מְגִיזָתָא דִבְעָא יוֹנָתָן לְמֶעְבַּר עַל אִסְטַרְטִיג פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי שִׁנָא דְכֵיפָא מֵעֶבְרָא מִכָּא וְשִׁנָא דְכֵיפָא מֵעֶבְרָא מִכָּא וְשׁוּם חֲדָא מַשְׁרוּעִיתָא וְשׁוּם חֲדָא מַדְרוֹכִיתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the praetor of the Philistines, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; the name of the one was Mashro`itha and the name of the other was Madrokhitha.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:5
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שִׁנָא חֲדָא מִסְתַּכְיָא מִצִפוּנָא לְקָבֵל מִכְמָשׁ וַחֲדָא מִדָרוֹמָא לְקָבֵיל גִבְעֲתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The one crag looked out from the north, in front of Michmas, and the other from the south, in front of The Hill.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:6
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וַאֲמַר יְהוֹנָתָן לְעוּלֵימָא נָטֵל זְיָנֵיהּ אִיתָא וְנֶעְבַּר לְאִסְטַרְטִיג עֲרֵלַיָא הָאִלֵין מָאִים יַעְבֵּיד יְיָ לָנָא נִסָא אֲרֵי לֵית קֳדָם יְיָ מַעְצוֹר לְמִפְרַק בְּסַגִיאֵי אוֹ בִזְעֵירֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armour, “Come, let us cross over to the praetor of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will do a miracle for us, fornothing can be an obstacle before Him to save by many or by few.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:7
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ נָטֵל זְיָנֵיהּ עֲבֵיד כָּל דִי בְּלִבָּךְ אִתְפְּנֵי לָךְ הָא אֲנָא עִמָךְ כִּרְעוּתָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And his armour bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Direct yourself, behold I am with you, as you wish.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:8
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וַאֲמַר יְהוֹנָתָן הָא אֲנַחְנָא עָבְרִין לְוַת גַבְרַיָא וְנִתְגְלֵי לְהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then said Jehonathan, “Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:9
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אִם כְּדֵין יֵימְרוּן לָנָא אוֹרִיכוּ עַד דְנִתְמְטֵי לְוַתְכוֹן וּנְקוּם בְּאַתְרָנָא וְלָא נִיסַק לְוַתְהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
If they say to us, ‘Wait until we reach you,’ then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:10
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וְאִם כְּדֵין יֵימְרוּן סָקוּ עֲלָנָא וְנִיסַק אֲרֵי מַסְרִינוּן יְיָ בִּידָנָא וְדֵין לָנָא אָתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up; for the LORD has handed them over into our hand. And this will be the sign to us.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:11
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וְאִתְגְלִיאוּ תַרְוֵיהוֹן לְאִסְטַרְטְגֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וַאֲמָרוּ פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי הָא יְהוּדָאֵי נַפְקִין מִן חוֹרָאֵי דְאִטַמָרוּ תַמָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So both of them showed themselves to the praetor of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, “Look, Judaeans are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:12
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וַאֲתִיבוּ אֱנָשֵׁי מַטַרְתָּא יַת יוֹנָתָן וְיַת נְטַל זְיָנֵיהּ וַאֲמָרוּ סָקוּ עֲלָנָא וּנְהוֹדַע יַתְכוֹן פִּתְגָמָא וַאֲמַר יוֹנָתָן לִנְטַל זְיָנֵיהּ סַק בַּתְרַי אֲרֵי מַסְרִינוּן יְיָ בִּידָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the men of the guard answered Jonathan and his armour bearer, and said, “Come up against us, and we will let you know something.” And Jonathan said to his armour bearer, “Come up after me; for the LORD has handed them over into the hand of Israel.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:13
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וּסְלִיק יוֹנָתָן עַל יְדוֹהִי וְעַל רַגְלוֹהִי וּנָטַל זְיָנֵיהּ בַּתְרוֹהִי וּנְפָלוּ מְטַעֲנִין קֳדָם יוֹנָתָן וְנָטַל זְיָנֵיהּ מֵמִית בַּתְרוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Jonathan went up on his hands and feet, and his armour bearer after him. And they fell stabbed before Jonathan, and his armour bearer despatched them after him.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:14
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וַהֲוַת מְחָתָא קַדְמֵיתָא דִמְחָא יוֹנָתָן וְנָטַל זְיָנֵיהּ כְּעַסְרִין גַבְרָא כְּבֵית פַּלְגוּת מַהֲלַךְ פַּדַן תּוֹרַיָא בְּחַקְלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And that first stroke, which Jonathan and his armour bearer struck, was of about twenty men in the space of half the walk of a yoke of oxen in the field.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:15
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וַהֲוַת זִיעָא בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא בְּחַקְלָא וּבְכָל עַמָא אִסְטַרְטִיגָא וּמְחַבְּלָא זָעוּ אַף אִינוּן וְזָעַת אַרְעָא וַהֲוַת לְזִיעַ מִן קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And they quaked [with fear] in the camp, in the field and among all the people. Even the praetors and the destroyer quaked. And the earth quaked. Yes, it became a quake from before the LORD.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:16
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וַחֲזוֹ סִכְוָאַיָא לְשָׁאוּל בְּגִבְעֲתָא דְבֵית בִּנְיָמִין וְהָא הֲמוֹן מַשִׁרְיַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי אִתְּבַר אָזֵיל תַּבְרֵיהּ וְסַגִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the watchmen of Saul in The Hill of the House of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude of the Philistine camp was broken; and its breaking grew more and more.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:17
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לְעַמָא דְעִמֵיהּ סַעֲרוּ כְעַן וַחֲזוֹ מַן שְׁגָא מִנָנָא וּמְנוֹ וְהָא לֵית יוֹנָתָן וְנָטַל זְיָנֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul said to the people who were with him, “Inspect now and see who is missing from us.” And when they had numbered, behold Jonathan and his armour bearer were not there.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:18
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לַאֲחִיָהּ קָרֵיב אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ אֲרֵי הֲוָה אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ark of the LORD.” For the ark of the LORD was at that day with the sons of Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:19
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וַהֲוָה עַד דְמַלֵיל שָׁאוּל עִם כַּהֲנָא וְהָמוֹנָא דִבְמַשִׁרְיַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי אָזֵיל מֵיזַל וְסָגֵי וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לְכַהֲנָא קָרֵיב אֵיפוֹדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And while Saul was speaking with the priest, the multitude, which was in the Philistine camp, grew more and more; and Saul said to the priest, “Bring near the ephod.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:20
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וְאִתְכְּנִישׁ שָׁאוּל וְכָל עַמָא דְעִמֵיהּ וְאָתוֹ עַד קְרָבָא וְהָא הֲוַת חַרְבָּא גְבַר בְּחַבְרֵיהּ שִׁגוּשָׁא רַב לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul and all the people who were with him gathered together and went into the battle, and behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:21
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וִיהוּדָאֵי הֲווֹ לִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי כְּמֵאִתְמָלֵי וּמִדְקָדָמוֹהִי דִסְלִיקוּ עִמְהוֹן בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר וְאַף אִינוּן תָּבוּ לְמֶהֱוֵי עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל דְעִם שָׁאוּל וְיוֹנָתָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now [some] Judaeans had been for the Philistines, like yesterday and before, and those who had gone up with them into the camp round about, even they turned to be with Israel, who were with Saul and Jonathan.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:22
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וְכָל אֱנַשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל דְאִטְמָרוּ בְּטוּרָא דְבֵית אֶפְרַיִם שְׁמָעוּ אֲרִי אַפִיכוּ פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וְאַדְבִּיקוּ אַף אִינוּן בַּתְרֵיהוֹן בִּקְרָבָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of the House of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were retreating, even they pressed after them in battle.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:23
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וּפְרַק יְיָ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעָבְדֵי קְרָבָא מְטוֹ עַד בֵּית אָוֶן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the LORD saved Israel that day. And the wagers of the war reached Beth aven.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:24
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וֶאֱנָשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִידְחִיק בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וְאוֹמֵי שָׁאוּל יַת עַמָא לְמֵימַר לִיט גַבְרָא דְיֵכוּל לַחְמָא עַד רַמְשָׁא עַד דְאִתְפְּרַע מִבַּעֲלֵי דְבָבַי וְלָא טְעַם כָּל עַמָא לַחְמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the men of Israel kept themselves at a distance that day, for Saul had made the people swear, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food until the evening, until I am revenged on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted any food


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:25
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וְכָל דַיָרֵי אַרְעָא עָלוּ בְחוֹרְשָׁא וַהֲוָה דוּבְשָׁא עַל אַפֵּי חַקְלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And all the inhabitants of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the surface of the field.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:26
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:26)

וְאָתָא עַמָא לְחוֹרְשָׁא וְהָא בְּרֵיז דוּבְשָׁא וְלֵית דְמֵיתִיב יְדֵיהּ לְפוּמֵיהּ אֲרֵי דְחֵיל עַמָא מִשְׁבוּעֲתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when the people came into the forest, behold, a stream of honey, but there was none who brought his hand back to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:27
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:27)

וְיוֹנָתָן לָא שְׁמַע כַּד אוֹמֵי אֲבוּהִי יַת עַמָא וְאוֹשִׁיט יַת רֵישׁ שׁוֹטִיתָא דְבִידֵיהּ וּטְבָל יָתָהּ בְּקִינָא דְדוּבְשָׁא וַאֲתֵיב יְדֵיהּ לְפוּמֵיהּ וְנַהֲרָא עֵינוֹהִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But Jonathan had not heard, when his father made the people swear. So he reached out the head of his staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and brought his hand back to his mouth; and his eyes became bright.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:28
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:28)

וַאֲתֵיב גַבְרָא חַד מֵעַמָא וַאֲמַר אוֹמָאָה אוֹמֵי אֲבוּךְ יַת עַמָא לְמֵימַר לִיט גַבְרָא דְיֵכוּל לַחְמָא יוֹמָא דֵין וְאִשְׁתַּלְהֵי עַמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then a man of the people said, “Your father strictly made the people swear, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’” And the people were faint.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:29
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:29)

וַאֲמַר יוֹנָתָן עֲכַר אַבָּא יַת עַמָא דְאַרְעָא חֲזוֹ כְעַן אֲרֵי נַהֲרָא עֵינֵי אֲרֵי טְעֵימִית זְעֵיר דוּבְשָׁא הָדֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Jonathan said, “My father has ruined the country; see how my eyes have become bright, because I tasted this little honey.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:30
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:30)

בְּרַם אִלוּ מֵיכַל אָכִיל יוֹמָא דֵין עַמָא מִבִּזַת בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבוֹהִי דְאִשְׁכַּח אֲרֵי כְעַן לָא סַגִיאַת מְחָתָא בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
The more, then, if the people had eaten freely today of the plunder of their haters which they found; for now the attack among the Philistines has not been great.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:31
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:31)

וּקְטַלוּ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי מִמִכְמָשׁ עַד מֵישַׁר אֲיָלוֹן וְאִשְׁתַּלְהֵי עַמָא לַחֲדָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And they killed among the Philistines that day from Michmas to the valley of Aijalon. And the people were very faint.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:32
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:32)

וְאִתְפְּנֵי עַמָא עַל בִּיזְתָא וּנְסִיבוּ עָאן וְתוֹרִין וּבְנֵי תוֹרִין וּנְכִיסוּ עַל אַרְעָא וַאֲכַל עַמָא עַל דְמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the people turned toward the plunder, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:33
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:33)

וְחַוִיאוּ לְשָׁאוּל לְמֵימַר הָא עַמָא חַיְבִין קֳדָם יְיָ לְמֵיכַל עַל דְמָא וַאֲמַר שְׁקַרְתּוּן קְרִיבוּ לְוָתִי יוֹמָא דֵין אַבְנָא רַבְּתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are guilty before the LORD, by eating with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously. Bring near a great stone to me.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:34
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:34)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל אִתְבַּדָרוּ בְעַמָא וְתֵימְרוּן לְהוֹן קְרִיבוּ לְוָתִי גְבַר תּוֹרֵיהּ וּגְבַר אִימְרֵיהּ וְתִיכְסוּן הָכָא וְתֵיכְלוּן וְלָא תְחוֹבוּן קֳדָם יְיָ לְמֵיכַל עַל דְמָא וְקָרִיבוּ כָל עַמָא גְבַר תּוֹרֵיהּ בִּידֵיהּ בְּלֵילְיָא וּנְכִיסוּ תַמָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, ‘Let every man bring near to me his ox and his lamb, and slaughter them here, and eat. But do not be guilty before the LORD by eating with the blood.’” So all the people brought them near that night, every man his ox by the hand, and they slaughtered there.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:35
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:35)

וּבְנָא שָׁאוּל מַדְבְּחָא קֲדָם יְיָ יָתֵיהּ שָׁרֵי לְמִבְנֵי מַדְבְּחָא קֳדָם יְיָ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul built an altar before the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:36
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:36)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל נֵחוֹת בָּתַר פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי בְּלֵילְיָא וְנִקְטוֹל בְּהוֹן עַד מַנְהַר צַפְרָא וְלָא נִשְׁאַר בְּהוֹן אֱנַשׁ וַאֲמַרוּ כָּל דְתַקִין בְּעֵינָךְ עֲבִיד וַאֲמַר כַּהֲנָא נִתְקְרַב הַלְכָא וְנִשְׁאַל בְּמֵימְרָא דַיָי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and kill them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems right in your sight.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near hither and let us inquire of the speech of the LORD.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:37
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:37)

וּשְׁאַל שָׁאוּל בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ הַאֵיחוֹת בָּתַר פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי הֲתִמְסְרִינוּן בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלָא קַבֵּיל צְלוֹתֵיהּ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul inquired of the speech of the LORD, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Wilt Thou hand them over into the hand of Israel?” But He did not accept his prayer that day.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:38
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:38)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל אִתְקְרִיבוּ הַלְכָא כָּל רֵישֵׁי עַמָא וּדְעוֹ וַחֲזוֹ בְּמָן הֲוַת חוֹבָא הָדֵין יוֹמָא דֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul said, “Draw near hither, all you heads of the people; and know and see how this guilt has arisen today.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:39
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:39)

אֲרֵי קַיָם הוּא יְיָ דְפָרִיק יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי אִלּוּ אִיתוֹהִי בְּיוֹנָתָן בְּרִי אֲרֵי אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל וְלֵית דְמֵתִיב לֵיהּ מִכָּל עַמָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
For as the LORD lives who saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely be killed.” But there was none among all the people that answered him.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:40
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:40)

וַאֲמַר לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתּוּן תְּהוֹן לְעֶבְרָא חָד וַאֲנָא וְיוֹנָתָן בְּרִי נְהֵי לְעֶבְרָא חָד וַאֲמַרוּ עַמָא לְשָׁאוּל דְתַקִין בְּעֵינָךְ עֲבֵיד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems right in your sight.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:41
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:41)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אַיְתִנֵיהּ בִּקְשׁוֹט וְאִיתְאָחַד יוֹנָתָן וְשָׁאוּל וְעַמָא נְפָקוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul said before the LORD, the God of Israel, “Bring it in truth.” And Jonathan and Saul were singled out, but the people went forth.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:42
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:42)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל רְמוֹ עַדְבִין בֵּינָא וּבֵין יוֹנָתָן בְּרִי וְאִיתְאָחַד יוֹנָתָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul said, “Cast lots between us and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was singled out.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:43
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:43)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לְיוֹנָתָן חַוֵי לִי מֶה עֲבַדְתָּא וְחַוֵי לֵיהּ יוֹנָתָן וַאֲמַר מַטְעַם טְעֵימַת בְּרֵישׁ שׁוֹטִיתָא דְבִידִי זְעֵיר דוּבְשָׁא הָא אֲנָא חַיָב לְמִמָת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, he said, “I did indeed taste a little honey with the head of the staff that was in my hand; here I am, I am guilty deserving to die.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:44
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:44)

וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל כְּדֵין יַעֲבֵיד לִי יְיָ וּכְדֵין יוֹסִיף אֲרֵי מְמַת תְּמוּת יוֹנָתָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul said, “May the LORD do so and more also: you shall surely die, Jonathan.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:45
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וַאֲמַר עַמָא לְשָׁאוּל הַיוֹנָתָן יִתְקְטֵיל דִי עֲבַד פּוּרְקָנָא רַבָּא הָדֵין בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָס קַיָם הוּא יְיָ אִם יִפּוֹל מִסְעַר רֵישֵׁיהּ לְאַרְעָא אֲרֵי קֳדָם יְיָ גְלֵי דִבְשָׁלוּ עֲבַד יוֹמָא דֵין וּפְרָקוּ עַמָא יַת יוֹנָתָן וְלָא מִית:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD is the existing One, there shall not a single hair of his head fall to the ground, for it is revealed before the LORD that he did so accidentally this day.” So the people delivered Jonathan that he did not die.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:46
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:46)

וּסְלֵיק שָׁאוּל מִבָּתַר פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי וּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי אֲזָלוּ לְאַתְרֵיהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:47
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:47)

וְשָׁאוּל אַצְלַח בְּמַלְכוּתָא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַגִיחַ קְרָבָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר בְּכָל בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבוֹהִי בְּמוֹאָב וּבִבְנֵי עַמוֹן וּבֶאֱדוֹם וּבְמַלְכֵי צוֹבָה וּבִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וּבְכָל אֲתַר דְמִתְפְּנֵי מְחַיָב:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul prospered in the kingship, he waged war against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he made the place tributary.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:48
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:48)

וּכְנַשׁ מַשִׁרְיָן וּמְחָא יַת דְבֵית עֲמָלֵק וְשֵׁיזֵיב יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַד בָּזְזֵיהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And he gathered armies and struck those of the House of Amalek. And he delivered Israel from the hands of those plundering it.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:49
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:49)

וַהֲווֹ בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל יוֹנָתָן וְיִשְׁוִי וּמַלְכִּישׁוּעַ וְשׁוּם תַּרְתֵּין בְּנָתֵיהּ שׁוּם רַבְּתָא מֵרַב וְשׁוּם זְעֶרְתָּא מִיכָל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters: the name of the elder was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:50
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:50)

וְשׁוּם אִתַּת שָׁאוּל אֲחִינוֹעַם בַּת אֲחִימָעַץ וְשׁוּם רַב חֵילֵיהּ אֲבִינֵר בַּר נֵר אָח אֲבוּהִי דְשָׁאוּל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abiner the son of Ner, the uncle of Saul.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:51
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:51)

וְקִישׁ אֲבוּהִי דְשָׁאוּל וְנֵר אֲבוּהִי דְאַבְנֵר בַּר אֲבִיאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Kish the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner were son of Abiel.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:52
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/14:52)

וַהֲוַת קְרָבָא תַּקִיפָא עַל פְּלִישְׁתָּאֵי כָּל יוֹמֵי שָׁאוּל וַחֲזָא שָׁאוּל כָּל גְבַר גִבַּר וְכָל גְבַר עָבֵיד קְרָב וּכְנַשׁ יָתֵיהּ לְוָתֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And the war against the Philistines was hard all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any heroic man or any man waging war, he gathered him to himself.