1 Samuel 20:5

Free Bible Version

“Well, the New Moon festival is tomorrow, and I'm meant to sit down and eat with the king. But if it's all right with you, I plan to go and hide in the field until the evening three days from now.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

“Why do you need to go and see him today?” he asked. “It's not the New Moon or the Sabbath.” “Don't worry about it,” she replied.

Psalm 55:12

The problem is that it's not an enemy who mocks me—I could stand that. It's not someone who hates me who insults me—I could avoid them.

Psalm 81:3

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, and at full moon, to begin our festivals,

Proverbs 22:3

If you're sensible you see danger coming and get out of the way; but stupid people just keep going and pay for it.

Amos 8:5

You who ask, “When will the holy day be over so we can get back to selling grain? When will the Sabbath be over so we can open our storehouses, and cheat people with short measures and unfair scales?”

Numbers 10:10

Blow the trumpets when you celebrate too, at your regular feasts and at the beginning of each month. This is when you give your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings which act as a reminder for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Numbers 28:11

At the start of every month, you are to present to the Lord a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all of them without defects,

John 8:59

At this they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus was hidden from them and he left the Temple.

Acts 17:14

Immediately the believers sent Paul to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.

Colossians 2:16

So don't let anyone criticize you for what you eat or what you drink, or regarding which religious festival, new moon ritual, or ceremonial sabbaths you choose to observe.

1 Samuel 19:2

so he warned him, “My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning—find a place to hide and stay hidden.

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to David, “The New Moon festival is tomorrow. You'll be missed, because your place will be empty.

1 Samuel 20:19

In three days time, go quickly to where you hid when all this started, and stay there beside the pile of stones.

1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid himself in the field. When the New Moon festival arrived, the king sat down to eat.

1 Samuel 20:27

But the second day, the day after the New Moon, David's place was still empty. Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn't the son of Jesse come to dinner either yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 20:4

“Tell me what you want me to do for you and I'll do it,” Jonathan told David.

1 Samuel 20:6

If your father does indeed miss me, tell him, ‘David had to urgently ask my permission to hurry down to Bethlehem, his hometown, because of a yearly sacrifice there for his whole family group.’