1 Samuel 14:25-27

14:25 Now the whole army ¹  entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. ²  14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ³  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ⁴  for the army was afraid of the oath. 14:27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, ⁵  his eyes gleamed. ⁶ 

[14:25]  ¹ tn Heb “all the land.”

[14:25]  ² tn Heb “the surface of the field.”

[14:26]  ³ tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

[14:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

[14:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he returned his hand to his mouth.”

[14:27]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading “gleamed,” rather than the Kethib, “saw.”