1 Samuel 20:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁸ And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And Jonathan answered, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

Common English Bible

²⁸ Jonathan answered Saul, “David begged my permission to go to Bethlehem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And Jonathan responded to Saul, "He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 20:28 Cross References

1 Samuel 20:27

And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor today?

1 Samuel 20:29

and he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.

1 Samuel 20:6

If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.