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What Is Bee Honey?
Jonathan's assessment of his father's vow is interesting in verse 29. My father has troubled the land. The Hebrew word translated made trouble or troubled the land here. Is used to describe the effect of disobedient Aiken's sin on Israel in Joshua 725. Jephthah, the judge, also uses it in accusing his daughter of bringing trouble upon him when she greets him after his victory. So basically there are a number of sweet substances that could account for this episode in this language.