1 Samuel 20:5
And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I shall not on any account sit down to eat, but you shall let me go, and I will hide in the plain till the evening.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Jonathan said to David, What does your soul desire, and what shall I do for you.
Cross References
Numbers 10:10And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, you⌃ shall sound with the trumpets at your whole burnt offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 19:2And Jonathan, Saul's son, + 19:2 Gr. chose, q.d. dilexit. loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill you: take heed to yourself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide yourself, and dwell in secret.
1 Samuel 20:18And Jonathan said, To-morrow is the new moon, and you will be enquired for, because your seat will be observed as vacant.
2 Kings 4:23And he said, Why are you going to him today? It is neither new moon, nor the Sabbath. And she said, + 4:23 Gr. peace. It is well.
Psalms 81:3Judge the orphan and poor: + 81:3 Gr. justify. do justice to the low and needy. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 20:2-9
David Consults Jonathan. ( b. c. 1058.) 1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in… Read the whole commentary →