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1 Samuel 14:27

But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were brightened.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Enlightened. Extreme hunger and fatigue hurt the eyes, Jeremias xiv. 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 inediâ succedunt. Perii, prospicio parum. "Through hunger. I see but little. "(Plautus.) (Haydock)

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