1 Samuel 14:28-30

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁸ And one of the people answering, said: Thy father hath bound the people with an oath, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat any food this day. (And the people were faint.)

²⁹ And Jonathan said: My father hath troubled the land: you have seen yourselves that my eyes are enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey:

³⁰ How much more if the people had eaten of the prey of their enemies, which they found? had there not been made a greater slaughter among the Philistines?