25. And all the people of the land came to a wood, and there was honey on the ground.
26. When the men entered the wood, behold, the honey was dripping, but no man tasted it, for the men feared the oath.
27. But Jonathan had not heard when his father charged the people with the oath. So he dipped the end of the rod in his hand into a honeycomb and put it to his mouth, and his [weary] eyes brightened.
28. Then one of the men told him, Your father strictly charged the men with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food today. And the people were exhausted and faint.
29. Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
30. How much better if the men had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter of the Philistines has not been great.
31. They smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint.