1 Samuel 20:27-29

Jubilee Bible 2000

²⁷ And it came to pass on the next day, which was the second day of the new moon, that David’s place was empty, and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Why did not the son of Jesse come to food, neither yesterday nor today?

²⁸ And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.

²⁹ And he said, Let me go, I pray thee, for those of our lineage have a sacrifice in the city, and my brother, he has commanded me to be there, and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he has not come unto the king’s table.