1 Samuel 14:26-30
1 Samuel 14:26
When the people entered the forest, behold, there was honey dripping; but no man put his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath.
1 Samuel 14:27
However, Jonathan had not heard it when his father put the people under oath; so he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
1 Samuel 14:28
Then one of the people responded and said, “Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’ ” And the people were weary.
1 Samuel 14:29
Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See now that my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Samuel 14:30
How much more, if only the people had freely eaten today of the spoils of their enemies which they found! For now the defeat among the Philistines has not been great.”