The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
"Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on mine enemies"  (1 Samuel 14:24).  The will of God and God's honor were of no concern of Saul in this pagan oath, Note the egotism: "and I am avenged on my enemies."  In this abbreviated account, not all of the oath was repeated.  One finds the rest of it in  1 Samuel 14:44, "God do so to me and more also, you shall surely die."  One finds the exact words of this oath on the lips of the pagan Jezebel (1 Kings 19:2); and Jezebel herself couldn't have said it any better than Saul did.