Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon festival. Your seat will be empty, so my father will miss you.
On the third day go to the place where you hid when this trouble began. Wait by the rock Ezel.
He sat where he always sat, near the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.
So David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon festival. I am supposed to eat with the king, but let me hide in the field until the third evening.