Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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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Bible References

His eyes

1 Samuel 14:29
Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Samuel 30:12
They gave him part of a fig cake and two bunches of raisins. After he had eaten, he revived, since he had neither eaten food nor had he drunk water for three days and three nights.
Proverbs 25:26
A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.

General references

Judges 14:9
So he scraped some out into his hands and went on his way, eating all the while. When he met his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they ate it, too. But he didn't inform them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

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