1 Samuel 20:28

New American Bible - revised edition

Jonathan explained to Saul: “David pleaded with me to let him go to Bethlehem.

Cross References

1 Samuel 20:27

On the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was still vacant. So Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to table yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 20:29

‘Please let me go,’ he begged, ‘for we are having a clan sacrifice in our city, and my brothers insist on my presence. Now then, if you think well of me, give me leave to visit my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

1 Samuel 20:6

If it turns out that your father misses me, say, ‘David urged me to let him go on short notice to his city Bethlehem, because his whole clan is holding its seasonal sacrifice there.’