Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 20:24
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So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
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¶ 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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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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So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.
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1 Samuel 20
22 But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
26 Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
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