“Forest” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Woodland and waste land
(1 Sam. 22:5). “House of the Forest” was built of cedars thereof (1 Kings 7:2).
“Honey” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Bees numerous and honey plentiful in Palestine
Much used (Lev. 20:24; Deut. 32:13; Matt. 3:4).
“Forest” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
A Forest in Israel
1. choresh, “thick intricate wood” (2 Chron. 27:4): also translated “wood” in 1 Samuel 23:15-16, 18-19.
2. yaar, “a forest.” This is the word commonly used for both “wood” and “forest;” to be distinguished from a third word, pardes (Neh. 2:8), which signifies “a park,” with cultivated trees, whereas the other is wild. Several forests are specified under the word yaar.
1. The forest in ARABIA (Isa. 21:13): its situation is unknown.
2. The “forest of his CARMEL” (2 Kings 19:23; Isa. 37:24). This reads in the margin, and in the R.V., “forest of his fruitful field,” and does not refer to any forest connected with Carmel.
3. The forest of HARETH (1 Sam. 22:5): situated in Judah, but not known.
4. The forest of LEBANON (1 Kings 7:2; 1 Kings 10:17, 21; 2 Chron. 9:16, 20). The context shows that these passages do not refer to the forest at Lebanon; but that Solomon had a house at Jerusalem built of the trees from Lebanon, and called it “the house of the forest of Lebanon.” The actual forest at Lebanon is often referred to for its noble trees.
5. The wood of EPHRAIM in which Absalom was slain, on the east of the Jordan (2 Sam. 18:6, 8, 17). This has not been identified. It has been suggested that the pride and defeat of Ephraim mentioned in Judges 12:1-6 caused some forest to be called after the name of that tribe. This place, by its swamps, morasses and pits, “devoured” the Israelites by preventing their escape.
“Honey” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
Honey
This was so plentiful in Palestine, that the country was often described as a land “flowing with milk and honey” (Ex. 3:8,17). It is symbolical of what is sweet in nature; to be partaken of with discretion, lest it cause vomiting (Prov. 25:16,27). It was strictly forbidden to add honey to the offerings of the Lord made by fire (Lev. 2:11). What is of nature, though it be sweetness, can have no place in what is offered to God. The Lord Jesus when in service on earth said to His mother, “Woman, what have I to do with thee?” though when His service was over He commended her to John.
Honeycomb
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
feminine of 3293, and meaning the same
KJV Usage:
(honey-) comb, forest