1 Samuel 14:25

1 Samuel 14:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
• New International Version (NIV)The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now when all the people came to the forest, behold, there was honey on the ground.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was honey on the ground.

Context of 1 Samuel 14:25

23So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven. 24Now 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. Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26And 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. 27Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound 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.

1 Samuel 14:25 word by word

וְכָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּ֣אוּ בַיָּ֑עַר וַיְהִ֥י דְבַ֖שׁ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• Then allאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · honeycombH3293
• and there wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the groundפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the groundשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: soilH7704

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:25

• 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.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25There was honey upon the ground - There were many wild bees in that country, and Judea is expressly said to be a land flowing with milk and honey.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25All they of the land - literally, all the land, probably meaning all those named in 1 Samuel 14:21-22, who now flocked to the wood as a rendezvous.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-35Verses 24-35 Saul's severe order was very unwise; if it gained time, it lost strength for the pursuit. Such is the nature of our bodies, that daily work cannot be done without daily bread, which therefore our Father in heaven graciously gives. Saul was turning aside from God, and now he begins to build altars, being then most zealous, as many are, for the form of godliness when he was denying the power of it.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-52Saul's actions in this chapter further support his removal as king (1 Samuel 13:8–14; see also 15). Saul was estranged from both Samuel and his brave son Jonathan. 1 Samuel 14 foreshadows Jonathan's important role in the shift from Saul's rule to David's.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey--The honey is described as "upon the ground," "dropping" from the trees, and in honeycombs--indicating it to be bees' honey. "Bees in the East are not, as in England, kept in hives; they are all in a wild state. The forests literally flow with honey; large combs may be seen hanging on the trees as you pass along, full of honey" [Roberts].Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 14:25

• Honey
• Jonathan

In the dictionaries

• Discomfiture
• Discover
• Enlighten
• Faulty
• Fight
• Flew
• Forest
• Honey
• Moabite
• Philistines

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings