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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 20:25 in context
1 Samuel 20:22–28
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But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.
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Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”
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So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.
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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.
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Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”
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On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why didn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, either yesterday, or today?”
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Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
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