1 Samuel chapter 14 verses 24 through 52

Saul's rash vow

And the men of Israel had been hard pressed that day

So Saul had laid an oath on the people saying

Curse be the man who eats food until it is evening

And I am avenged on my enemies

So none of the people had tasted

food. Now when all the people came to the forest, behold, there was honey on the ground, and when the

people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping. But no one put his hand to his mouth,

for the people feared the oath. But Jonathan had not heard his father charged the people with the oath,

so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his

hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright. Then one of the people said, your father strictly

charged the people with an oath saying, cursed be the man who eats food this day and the people were faint.

Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes had become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies that they found.

For now the defeat among the Philistines has not been great.

They struck down the Philistines that day from McMash to Ajalon, and the people were very faint.

The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground,

and the people ate them with the blood.

Then they told Saul,

Behold the people are sitting against the Lord by eating with the blood, and he said,

You have dealt treacherously. Roll a great stone to me here. And Saul said, Dispers

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