1 Samuel 20:4-6

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”

⁵ So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon,^(A) and I’m supposed to sit down and eat with the king.^(B) Instead, let me go, and I’ll hide in the countryside for the next two nights.^{[a](C) 6} If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David urgently requested my permission to go quickly to his hometown, Bethlehem,^(D) for an annual sacrifice^(E) there involving the whole clan.’