1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

Majority Standard Bible

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 as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

25He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

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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