28 Then a man from the army informed him and said, "Your father made the army swear a solemn oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today,'" so the army is exhausted.
1 Samuel 14:28 Cross References - LEB
1 Samuel 14:24
24 Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, because Saul had made the army take an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats any food until evening, when I will have avenged myself on my enemies!" So none of the army tasted any food.
1 Samuel 14:43
43 So Saul said, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "I ⌊merely tasted⌋* a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die."