1 Samuel 20:6

New English Translation

If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

Cross References

John 7:42

Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” David replied, “I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”

1 Samuel 20:28

Jonathan replied to Saul, “David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 9:12

They replied, “Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.