1 Samuel 20:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So David told him, ‘Look, tomorrow is the New Moon,  and I’m supposed to sit down and eat with the king.  Instead, let me go, and I’ll hide in the countryside for the next two nights.  ,

Cross References

Numbers 10:10

You are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your fellowship sacrifices and on your joyous occasions, your appointed festivals, and the beginning of each of your months. They will serve as a reminder for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.’

1 Samuel 19:2

so he told him, ‘My father, Saul, intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning and hide in a secret place and stay there.

Numbers 28:11

‘At the beginning of each of your months  present a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old #– #all unblemished #– #

Colossians 2:16

Therefore, don’t let anyone judge  you in regard to food and drink  or in the matter of a festival or a new moon  or a Sabbath day.

Acts 17:14

Then the brothers and sisters immediately sent Paul away to go to the coast, but Silas and Timothy  stayed on there.

John 8:59

So they picked up stones  to throw at him.  But Jesus was hidden  , and went out of the temple.  ,

Proverbs 22:3

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

1 Samuel 20:19

The following day hurry down and go to the place where you hid on the day this incident began and stay beside the rock Ezel.

1 Samuel 20:6

If your father misses me at all, say, “David urgently requested my permission to go quickly to his home town, Bethlehem,  for an annual sacrifice  there involving the whole clan.”

2 Kings 4:23

But he said, ‘Why go to him today? It’s not a New Moon or a Sabbath.’ She replied, ‘It’s all right.’

1 Samuel 20:4

Jonathan said to David, ‘Whatever you say, I will do for you.’

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to him, ‘Tomorrow is the New Moon;  you’ll be missed because your seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid in the countryside. At the New Moon, the king sat down to eat the meal.

1 Samuel 20:27

However, the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, ‘Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal either yesterday or today? ’

Amos 8:5

asking, ‘When will the New Moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may market wheat? We can reduce the measure while increasing the price and cheat with dishonest scales.