1 Samuel 20:24

So Dauid hid him selfe in the field: and when the first day of the moneth came, the King sate to eate meate.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

23As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lord be betweene thee and me for euer.

25And the King sate, as at other times vpon his seate, euen vpon his seate by the wall: and Ionathan arose, and Abner sate by Sauls side, but Dauids place was emptie.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:16But vnto the wicked said God, What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth,

Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.

Proverbs 21:3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

Isaiah 1:11What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.

John 18:28Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the common hall. Nowe it was morning, and they themselues went not into the common hall, least they should be defiled, but that they might eate the Passeouer.

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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