1 Samuel 14:27 Meaning and Explanation
“But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.”
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What Does 1 Samuel 14:27 Mean?
Jonathan had been away leading the assault and never heard his father's curse. So, passing through the wood, he naturally dips the tip of his staff into the honeycomb and eats. At once his strength returns; his eyes brighten, the narrator says, as the food revives him.
The honey does for Jonathan exactly what nourishment should: it restores the faint. His enlightened eyes are a small parable of how God's good gifts renew the weary. The very thing forbidden by Saul's oath was the thing that brought life, exposing how misguided the prohibition truly was.
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What does 1 Samuel 14:27 mean?
Jonathan, unaware of the oath, tastes a little honey and is immediately revived.