1 Samuel 20:24

So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

In Context

23And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

25And when the king sat down upon his chair (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place appeared empty.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth ?

Proverbs 15:17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 21:3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Isaiah 1:11To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.

John 18:28Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning; and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.

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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