Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, behold, I must die.
"Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place"  (1 Samuel 14:46).  It appears from this that Saul at last recognized himself as the chief sinner in that episode, and he therefore gave up the pursuit of the Philistines.  In the words of Jonathan, My father (Saul) has troubled the land  (1 Samuel 14:29).