1 Samuel 20:6
If your father happens to miss me, you should say,‘David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’
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- 1 Sam 9:12 : 12 They replied,“Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.
- 1 Sam 17:58 : 58 Saul said to him,“Whose son are you, young man?” David replied,“I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”
- John 7:42 : 42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
- 1 Sam 16:2-5 : 2 Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ 3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you.” 4 Samuel did what the LORD told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said,“Do you come in peace?” 5 He replied,“Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
- Deut 12:5 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
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- 1 Sam 20:27-293 verses83%
27 But the next morning, the second day of the new moon, David’s place was still vacant. So Saul said to his son Jonathan,“Why has Jesse’s son not come to the meal yesterday or today?”
28 Jonathan replied to Saul,“David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.
29 He said,‘Permit me to go, for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
- 1 Sam 20:1-55 verses77%
1 Jonathan Seeks to Protect David David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked,“What have I done? What is my offense? How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”
2 Jonathan said to him,“By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing large or small without making me aware of it. Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”
3 Taking an oath, David again said,“Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the LORD lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”
4 Jonathan replied to David,“Tell me what I can do for you.”
5 David said to Jonathan,“Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.
- 1 Sam 19:1-44 verses74%
1 Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.
2 So Jonathan told David,“My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion.
3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know.”
4 So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf to his father Saul. He said to him,“The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.
- 1 Sam 20:7-137 verses73%
7 If he should then say,‘That’s fine,’ then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me.
8 You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the LORD’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”
9 Jonathan said,“Far be it from you to suggest this! If I were at all aware that my father had decided to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”
10 David said to Jonathan,“Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
11 Jonathan said to David,“Come on. Let’s go out to the field.”When the two of them had gone out into the field,
12 Jonathan said to David,“The LORD God of Israel is my witness. I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know?
13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the LORD do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the LORD be with you, as he was with my father.
- 1 Sam 20:18-192 verses73%
18 Jonathan said to him,“Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty.
19 On the third day you should go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself the day this all started. Stay near the stone Ezel.
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3 Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab,“Please let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”
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15 David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
- 2 Sam 15:7-82 verses70%
7 After four years Absalom said to the king,“Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the LORD while I was in Hebron.
8 For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram:‘If the LORD really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD.
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32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
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19 So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’
- 1 Sam 20:41-422 verses69%
41 When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.
42 Jonathan said to David,“Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the LORD saying,‘The LORD will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’”
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24 So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.
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20 It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!”
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21 Then the man Elkanah and all his family went up to make the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and to keep his vow.
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5 He replied,“Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
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19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said,“Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.”
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19 His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him from time to time when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.
- 1 Sam 16:2-32 verses68%
2 Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you.”
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18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the LORD, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.
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2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you,‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! He is asking,“What should I do about my son?”’
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35 The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.
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10 Then David said,“O LORD God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
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1 David Finds Mephibosheth Then David asked,“Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”
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26 Then Absalom said,“If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him,“Why should he go with you?”
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58 Saul said to him,“Whose son are you, young man?” David replied,“I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”
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26 However, if he should say,‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”
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17 Jesse said to his son David,“Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly to the camp to your brothers.
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34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”
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1 Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer,“Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.
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20 For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”