“When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 14 contains 52 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.