1 Samuel 20:24-26

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁴ So David hid in the countryside. When the New Moon Festival came, King Saul sat down to eat the festival meal. ²⁵ He sat in his usual seat by the wall, while Jonathan stood. Abner sat beside Saul, but David’s place was empty. ²⁶ Saul didn’t say anything that day, thinking, “Something has happened to him so that he’s unclean.^[a] He must be unclean.”