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1 Samuel 20:24

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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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  1. 1 Samuel 20:22

    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.

  2. 1 Samuel 20:23

    And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

  3. 1 Samuel 20:25

    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.

  4. 1 Samuel 20:26

    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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