1 Samuel 20:6

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Cross References

John 7:42

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

Deuteronomy 12:5

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

1 Samuel 17:58

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

1 Samuel 20:28

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

1 Samuel 9:12

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he is come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place: