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But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
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Verse 27. Enlightened. Extreme hunger and fatigue hurt the eyes. Jeremiah 14:6. Sanctius saw a man who through fasting lost his sight, and recovered it again as soon as he had eaten. This is conformable to the observations of Hippocrates, and to nature. Calmet.—Tenebræ oboriuntur, genua inedia succedunt. Perii, prospicio parum. “Through hunger … I see but little.” Plautus. Bible.
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