Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
"A garrison of the Philistines"  (1 Samuel 10:5).  "The word here rendered `garrison' is thus translated in  1 Samuel 13:3;  2 Samuel 8:6;  1 Chronicles 11:16; 18:13; and  2 Chronicles 17:2; it is translated `officer' in  1 Kings 4:19, and `pillar' in  Genesis 19:26."[7]  All of these different meanings have found scholarly advocates who would variously render the word in this passage. G. B. Caird makes an excellent argument why it should be translated, "a Philistine officer" in this passage.  If this is correct, then the passage in  1 Samuel 13:3 would mean that Jonathan assassinated a Philistine officer and not that he defeated "a garrison."  Of course, with God's aid, he might have done either.