King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 20:24
“So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 20
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But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
23
And [as touching] the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD [be] between thee and me for ever.
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So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, [even] upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
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Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not clean; surely he [is] not clean.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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