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1 Samuel 20:26

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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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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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?

  4. 1 Samuel 20:28

    And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:

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