1 Samuel 20:25-27

The Voice

²⁵ he took his usual seat in a place of safety with his back to the wall. Abner, his general, sat at the king’s side; Jonathan stood, but David’s seat was empty. ²⁶ That first night, Saul said nothing. He thought that perhaps David had somehow become ritually unclean, and he could not attend a sacred feast. ²⁷ But on the next day, the second day of the feast of the new moon, when David’s seat remained empty, Saul spoke to Jonathan.