KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 20:25
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
WEB World English Bible
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side: but David’s place was empty.
ASV American Standard Version
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side: but David’s place was empty.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the king sitteth on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan riseth, and Abner sitteth at the side of Saul, and David’s place is looked after.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 20
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?
28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked [leave] of me [to go] to Bethlehem:
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וַיֵּ֣שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהַ֠מֶּלֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעַל־H5921 · aluponמ֨וֹשָׁב֜וֹH4186 · mo.shavseatכְּפַ֣עַם׀H6471 · pa.ambeatבְּפַ֗עַםH6471 · pa.ambeatאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מוֹשַׁב֙H4186 · mo.shavseatהַקִּ֔ירH7023 · qirwallוַיָּ֙קָם֙H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiיְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןH3083 · ye.ho.na.tanJonathanוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellאַבְנֵ֖רH74 · av.nerAbnerמִצַּ֣דH6654 · tsadsideשָׁא֑וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוַיִּפָּקֵ֖דH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listמְק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceדָּוִֽד׃H1732 · da.vidDavid
Cross-references
1 Samuel 20:18Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow [is] the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.Judges 16:20And she said, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
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