26 When the troops entered the forest, they saw the flow of honey, but none of them ate any of it[a] 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,[b] he had renewed energy.[c](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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:26 Lit but there was none who raised his hand to his mouth
  2. 14:27 Lit he returned his hand to his mouth
  3. 14:27 Lit his eyes became bright

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