1 Samuel 20:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

Psalm 55:12

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Psalm 81:3

Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:

Proverbs 22:3

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Numbers 10:10

And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 28:11

And on the first day of every month you are to give a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;

John 8:59

So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.

Acts 17:14

So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

Colossians 2:16

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

1 Samuel 19:2

And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.

1 Samuel 20:19

And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.

1 Samuel 20:24

So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.

1 Samuel 20:27

And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

1 Samuel 20:4

Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

1 Samuel 20:6

And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.