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26 However, Saul said nothing about it[a] that day, for he thought,[b] “Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.” 27 But the next morning, the second day of the new moon, David’s place was still vacant. So Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why has Jesse’s son not come to the meal yesterday or today?”

28 Jonathan replied to Saul, “David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:26 tn The words “about it” are not present in the Hebrew text, although they are implied.
  2. 1 Samuel 20:26 tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself.