1 Samuel 20:6

American King James Version (1999)

If your father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Cross References

John 7:42

Has not the scripture said, That Christ comes of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Deuteronomy 12:5

But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and thither you shall come:

1 Samuel 17:58

And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? And David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

1 Samuel 20:28

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:

1 Samuel 9:12

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: