1 Samuel 20:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁵ David said to Jonathan, ‘Tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at the meal; but let me go, so that I may hide in the field until the third evening. ⁶ If your father misses me at all, then say, “David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.” ⁷ If he says, “Good!” it will be well with your servant; but if he is angry, then know that evil has been determined by him.