King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 20:18
“Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow [is] the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 20
16
So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying], Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies.
17
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow [is] the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
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And [when] thou hast stayed three days, [then] thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was [in hand], and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
20
And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.
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