1 Samuel 20:5

New International Version

So David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon feast, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

“Why go to him today?” he asked. “It’s not the New Moon or the Sabbath.” “That’s all right,” she said.

Psalm 55:12

If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.

Psalm 81:3

Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

Proverbs 22:3

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,

Numbers 10:10

Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Numbers 28:11

“ ‘On the first of every month, present to the Lord a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

John 8:59

At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

Acts 17:14

The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

1 Samuel 19:2

and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon feast. You will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 20:19

The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid when this trouble began, and wait by the stone Ezel.

1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast came, the king sat down to eat.

1 Samuel 20:27

But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 20:4

Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do for you.”

1 Samuel 20:6

If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.’