KJV King James Version
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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1 Samuel 20:24
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
WEB World English Bible
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon had come, the king sat him down to eat food.
ASV American Standard Version
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 20
21 And, behold, I will send a lad, [saying], Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows [are] on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for [there is] peace to thee, and no hurt; [as] the LORD liveth.
22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
23 And [as touching] the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD [be] between thee and me for ever.
24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, [even] upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.
26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean.
27 And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
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Psalm 50:16-21But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?Proverbs 15:17Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Isaiah 1:11-15To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.Proverbs 17:1Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.Proverbs 21:3To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.Zechariah 7:6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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