1 Samuel 20:26-28

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁶ Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, “It is an accident, ^(A)he is not clean, surely he is not clean.” ²⁷ It came about the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David’s place was empty; so Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal, either yesterday or today?” ²⁸ Jonathan then answered Saul, “^(B)David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem,