1 Samuel 14:13

13 Jonatán trepó con pies y manos, seguido por su escudero. A los filisteos que eran derribados por Jonatán, el escudero los remataba.

1 Samuel 14:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:13

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet
He did not attempt to go up the way or pass the Philistines kept, but turned aside and climbed up a precipice thought inaccessible, and came upon them unseen, and at unawares; for had he attempted to come up in any part where he was seen, they could easily have beat him down, and prevented his ascent; but though the place he climbed was so very steep and cragged, yet going on all four, as we say, he surmounted the difficulty; for he took this method of going on his hands and feet, not so much that he might not be seen; but because otherwise he could not have got up, not being able to stand on his feet; some think it was the precipice called Bozez he climbed, which, according to the Targum, had its name from its being lubricous and slippery:

and his armourbearer after him;
who clambered up in the same manner, in imitation of his master, and as taught and directed by him:

and they fell before Jonathan, and his armourbearer slew after him;
Jonathan, coming upon them at an unawares, knocked them down; or falling upon them, and laying about him with great dispatch, wounded them, and laid them prostrate to the ground; and his armourbearer following them, put them to death, dispatched them at once; and so between them both made quick riddance of them.

1 Samuel 14:13 In-Context

11 Así pues, los dos se dejaron ver por la guarnición filistea.—¡Miren —exclamaron los filisteos—, los hebreos empiezan a salir de las cuevas donde estaban escondidos!

12 Entonces los soldados de la guarnición les gritaron a Jonatán y a su escudero:—¡Vengan acá! Tenemos algo que decirles.—Ven conmigo —le dijo Jonatán a su escudero—, porque el SEÑOR le ha dado la victoria a Israel.

13 Jonatán trepó con pies y manos, seguido por su escudero. A los filisteos que eran derribados por Jonatán, el escudero los remataba.

14 En ese primer encuentro, que tuvo lugar en un espacio reducido, Jonatán y su escudero mataron a unos veinte hombres.

15 Cundió entonces el pánico en el campamento filisteo y entre el ejército que estaba en el campo abierto. Todos ellos se acobardaron, incluso los soldados de la guarnición y las tropas de asalto. Hasta la tierra tembló, y hubo un pánico extraordinario.