25 And the king sat, as at other times upon his seat, even upon his seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

26 And Saul said nothing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, though he were [a]clean, or else because he was not purified.

27 But on the morrow which was the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not [b]the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday nor today?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:26 Yet he might have some business to let him.
  2. 1 Samuel 20:27 Thus he speaketh contemptuously of David.

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