1 Samuel 20:28

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 20:27

Yet it came to pass on the day following the New Moon, the second day, that David’s place was still empty. So Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 20:29

as he said, ‘Please let me go, for we are going to have a family feast in the town, and my brother has commanded me. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me go, please, to see my brothers. That’s why he hasn’t come to the king’s table.”

1 Samuel 20:6

If your father misses me at all, then say: ‘David earnestly asked my permission to run to Beth-lehem, his town, for it is the annual sacrifice there for the whole family.’