1 Samuel 20:26-28

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁶ Saul didn’t say anything that day, thinking, “Something has happened to him so that he’s unclean.^[a] He must be unclean.” ²⁷ But on the second day of the month, David’s place was still empty.

Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

²⁸ Jonathan answered Saul, “David repeatedly begged me ⌞to let him go⌟ to Bethlehem.