1 Samuel 20:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
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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- 1 Samuel 20:26 Yet he might have some business to let him.
- 1 Samuel 20:27 Thus he speaketh contemptuously of David.
1 Samuel 20:25-27
New International Version
25 He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan,[a] and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.(A) 26 Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.(B)” 27 But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 20:25 Septuagint; Hebrew wall. Jonathan arose
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