In I Samuel 14:1-23 we find an account of a great victory
which God accomplished through Saul's son, Jonathan. With great courage
Jonathan struck out on his own to fight with the Philistines. Well, with his young
armor-bearer in tow, Jonathan fought and killed about 20 Philistines. Then, God
used that small accomplishment to stir up a great amount of fear and confusion
in the minds of the Philistines so that they fled from the scene in mass and
ended up turning on each other, even resorting to killing one another. Not only
that, but there were Hebrews who also joined in the fray and slew many
Philistines, once the momentum had shifted in favor of the Jews.
However, while Prince Jonathan was out pursuing wholesome
military accomplishments, King Saul was away from the battlefront interfering
with progress. On that great day of victory Saul caused distress and strife
among his soldiers by forbidding anyone to eat anything until the battle was
over. Consequently, they ended up very weak indeed and even resorted to eating
raw, bloody flesh. Not only that, Jonathan had not heard his father's
injunction and so he ended up violating his father's commandment ignorantly by
eating a little honey.
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