1 Samuel 20:26-28

Lexham English Bible

²⁶ But Saul said nothing on that day, for he thought, “Something happened to him.^[a] He is not ceremonially clean; surely he is not clean.” ²⁷ And then^[b] on the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David’s place was empty. So Saul asked Jonathan his son, “Why did the son of Jesse not come either yesterday or today to the feast?” ²⁸ Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission from me to go up to Bethlehem.