Context 25All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, 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. 28Then one of the people said, Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food today. And the people were weary. 29Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. 30How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great. 31They struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary. 32The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. 33Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood. And he said, You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today. 34Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood. So all the people that night brought each one his ox with him and slaughtered it there. 35And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD. 36Then Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seems good to you. So the priest said, Let us draw near to God here. 37Saul inquired of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel? But He did not answer him on that day. 38Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today. 39For as the LORD lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But not one of all the people answered him. 40Then he said to all Israel, You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you. 41Therefore, Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. 42Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. So Jonathan told him and said, I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die! 44Saul said, May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan. 45But the people said to Saul, Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. 46Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. Constant Warfare 47Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment. 48He acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. 49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. 50The name of Sauls wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Sauls uncle. 51Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 52Now the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he attached him to his staff. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. Douay-Rheims Bible And all the common people came into a forest, in which there was honey upon the ground. Darby Bible Translation And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground. English Revised Version And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. Webster's Bible Translation And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. World English Bible All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground. Young's Literal Translation And all they of the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field; Library The Roman Pilgrimage: the Miracles which were Wrought in It. [Sidenote: 1139] 33. (20). It seemed to him, however, that one could not go on doing these things with sufficient security without the authority of the Apostolic See; and for that reason he determined to set out for Rome, and most of all because the metropolitan see still lacked, and from the beginning had lacked, the use of the pall, which is the fullness of honour.[507] And it seemed good in his eyes[508] that the church for which he had laboured so much[509] should acquire, by his zeal and labour, … H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh Jonathan, the Pattern of Friendship Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses. A Divine Cordial Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah. Samuel Links 1 Samuel 14:25 NIV • 1 Samuel 14:25 NLT • 1 Samuel 14:25 ESV • 1 Samuel 14:25 NASB • 1 Samuel 14:25 KJV • 1 Samuel 14:25 Bible Apps • 1 Samuel 14:25 Parallel • Bible Hub |