1 Samuel 14:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb.  When he ate the honey,  he had renewed energy.  ,

Cross References

1 Samuel 30:12

Then they gave him some pressed figs and two clusters of raisins. After he ate he revived,  for he hadn’t eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 14:43

Saul commanded him, ‘Tell me what you did.’ Jonathan told him, ‘I tasted a little honey  with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die! ’

1 Samuel 14:29

Jonathan replied, ‘My father has brought trouble to the land.  Just look at how I have renewed energy  because I tasted a little of this honey.

Proverbs 25:26

A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then one of the troops said, ‘Your father made the troops solemnly swear, “The man who eats food today is cursed,” and the troops are exhausted.’

Proverbs 24:13

Eat honey,  my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;