The Bible Story - Volume VI - Chapter 87 - Basil Wolverton - 1968

Basil Wolverton

HEATHEN ARE JUDGED, 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. "Besides, why should my father tell his men not to eat when they are so tired and hungry? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library