¹² “He is,” they answered. “He’s ahead of you. Hurry now; he has just come to our town today, for the people have a sacrifice^(A) at the high place.^(B)

³⁵ Then Saul built an altar^(A) to the Lord; it was the first time he had done this.

⁶ If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David earnestly asked my permission^(A) to hurry to Bethlehem,^(B) his hometown, because an annual^(C) sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.’

²⁵ David built an altar^(A) to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer^(B) in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.