1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon, and thou will be missed because thy seat will be empty.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

In Context

17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him. For he loved him as he loved his own soul.

19And when thou have stayed three days, thou shall go down quickly, and come to the place where thou hid thyself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 20:5And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:10-24

Jonathan's Covenant with David. ( b. c. 1058.) 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow… Read the whole commentary →

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