1 Samuel 14:25
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
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
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Read in contextNumbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Read in contextExodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Read in contextMatthew 3:4–5
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Read in context