1 Samuel 14:29

Then said Jonathan: My father hath afflicted the land,—See, I pray you, how my own eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

In Context

28Then responded one from among the people, and said—With an oath, did thy father charge the people, saying—Cursed, be the man that eateth food to-day! And so the people were faint.

30How much more if haply the people had, eaten freely, to-day of the spoil of their enemies, which they found? for, now, would not the smiting of the Philistines have been, mighty?

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:18And he said—I have not troubled Israel, but, thou and the house of thy father,—in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and followed Baal.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:25-36

Saul's Rash Oath. ( b. c. 1067.) 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. 25 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… Read the whole commentary →

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