Berean Standard Bible

1 Samuel 20:26

“Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.””

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²⁴So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

²⁵He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

²⁶Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

²⁷But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

²⁸Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

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