A moment in scripture
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.
The surrounding passage
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 20:27
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.