1 Samuel 13:22-14:2
So on the day of the battle there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and Jonathan his son had them. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father. Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah in the pomegranate cave at Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men
Israel was in possession of two swords; and one of them was sitting down under a tree of pomegranates. The other was drawn and ready to throw down on the field of battle. One was sheathed, praying the battle would not come to it. The other was brandished, taking the battle to the enemy.
Psalm 149:6
Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands
Swords and songs often go together.
Saul was not singing God's praises with his sword sheathed and settled under the pomegranate tree. But Jonathan was full of song with his sword swinging and his heart singing. The banner over him was love and it led him into battle. The soundtrack of his life was epic. It followed him and propelled him to move the same way a good score moves along with the action.
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