The Bible Story - Heathen Are Judged - Basil Wolverton - January 1966

Basil Wolverton

The triumphant Israelites had pursued part of the Philistine army for several miles before defeating it. The chase toward Aijalon had required just about all the failing strength Saul's soldiers could muster. Unwise Fast - Reckless Feast. Saul's son Jonathan was surprised when he was told, as he ate a piece of wild honey, that his father had pronounced a curse on any Israelite soldier who ate anything before evening. (I Samuel 14:20-28.) At the rate the battle was moving, it would be evening before it was over. "I have done nothing wrong because I didn't know of such an order," Jonathan explained to the soldier who had seen him eating some honey. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library