1 Samuel 14:25
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
24 Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
26 And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
27 Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
- KJV
- And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
- WEB
- All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
- ASV
- And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
- DARBY
- And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.
- BLB
- And the whole land came into the forest, and there was honey on the face of the ground.
- ÅB
- Så kom alt folket inn i skogen; der var det honning på marken,
- OTB
- Da kom alt folket i landet inn i skogen, og det var honning på bakken.
- B1930
- Så kom alt folket inn i skogen; der var det honning på marken,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 9:28
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
Read in contextNumbers 13:27
And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
Read in contextExodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Read in contextMatthew 3:4–5
John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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