1 Samuel 20:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, ‘Whose son are you, young man? ’ ‘The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,’  David answered.

1 Samuel 9:12

The women answered, ‘Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry, he only just entered the city, because there’s a sacrifice  for the people at the high place  today.

John 7:42

Doesn’t the Scripture  say that the Messiah comes from David’s  offspring  and from the town of Bethlehem,  where David lived? ’

Deuteronomy 12:5

Instead, turn to the place the Lord your God chooses  from all your tribes to put his name for his dwelling and go there.

1 Samuel 20:28

Jonathan answered, ‘David asked for my permission to go to Bethlehem.