28. Then one of the soldiers told Jonathan, “Your father made an oath for all the soldiers. He said any man who eats today will be cursed! That’s why they are so weak.”
29. Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble for the land! See how much better I feel after just tasting a little of this honey!
30. It would have been much better for the men to eat the food they took from their enemies today. We could have killed many more Philistines!”
31. That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon. After that, they were very tired.
32. They had taken sheep, cattle, and calves from the Philistines. Now they were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them, without draining the blood from them!
33. Someone said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat without draining the blood from it!”Saul said, “You have sinned! Roll a large stone over here now!”