Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 14:25
1 Samuel 14:25 is verse 25 of 1 Samuel chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 14:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
24 Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
25 Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
26 And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
27 Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 9:28Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
Matthew 3:5People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Numbers 13:27And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
Matthew 3:4John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.