1 Samuel 14:27-29

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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,^[a] he had renewed energy.^{(B) 28} Then, one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”

²⁹ Jonathan replied, “My father has brought trouble to the land.^(C) Just look at how I have renewed energy because I tasted a little honey.