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25 (Now all the people of the land used to go into the forest, for there was honey on the surface of the ground.) 26 When the army came to the forest, look! There was honey flowing, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the army was afraid of the solemn oath.

27 However, Jonathan had not heard about the oath of his father with the army, so he extended the end of the staff which was in his hand, and he dipped it into the honeycomb.[a] Then he put his hand to his mouth and his eyes gleamed.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:27 Hebrew “the honeycomb of the honey”
  2. 1 Samuel 14:27 The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “saw”; the reading tradition (Qere) reads “gleamed”