25 Everyone[a] went into the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the troops entered the forest, they saw the flow of honey, but none of them ate any of it[b] because they feared the oath. 27 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.(A) When he ate the honey,[c] he had renewed energy.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:25 Lit All the land
  2. 1 Samuel 14:26 Lit but there was none who raised his hand to his mouth
  3. 1 Samuel 14:27 Lit he returned his hand to his mouth

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