1 Samuel 20:27

Contemporary English Version 1995

The day after the New Moon Festival, when David's place was still empty, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn't that son of Jesse come to eat with us? He wasn't here yesterday, and he still isn't here today!”

Cross References

1 Peter 2:4

Come to Jesus Christ. He is the living stone people have rejected, but which God has chosen and highly honored.

Matthew 13:55

Isn't he the son of the carpenter? Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers?

1 Samuel 25:10

This is what he said: Who does this David think he is? That son of Jesse is just one more slave on the run from his master, and there are too many of them these days.

1 Samuel 19:15

Saul sent the guards back and told them, “Bring David to me—bed and all—so I can kill him.”

1 Samuel 18:11

Saul thought, “I'll pin David to the wall.” He threw the spear at David twice, but David dodged and got away both times.

1 Samuel 20:5

David answered: Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival, and I'm supposed to eat dinner with your father. But instead, I'll hide in a field until the evening of the next day.

1 Samuel 20:26

Saul didn't say anything that day, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened to make David unfit to be at the Festival. Yes, something must have happened.”

1 Samuel 20:28

Jonathan answered, “The reason David hasn't come to eat with you is that he begged me to let him go to Bethlehem. He said, ‘Please let me go. My family is offering a sacrifice, and my brother told me I have to be there. Do me this favor and let me slip away to see my brothers.’ ”