1 Samuel 20:5
And David said unto Jonathan—Lo! the new moon, is to-morrow, and, I, must not sit with the king, to eat,—let me go then, and hide myself in the field, until the evening.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Jonathan said unto David,—Whatsoever thy soul shall desire, I will do for thee.
Cross References
Numbers 10:10And in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending-sacrifices, and over your peace-offerings,—so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. I—Yahweh, am your God.
1 Samuel 19:2but, Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted in David, exceedingly,—so Jonathan told David, saying, Saul, my father, is seeking to put thee to death,—now, therefore, take heed to thyself I pray thee, in the morning, and abide thou in concealment, and hide thyself;
1 Samuel 20:18Then said Jonathan unto him—To-morrow, is the new moon, and thou wilt be missed, for thy seat will be empty;
2 Kings 4:23And he said—Wherefore art thou going unto him, to-day, neither new moon nor sabbath? And she said—Peace!
Psalms 81:3Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
John 8:59They took up stones, therefore, that they might cast at him; but, Jesus, was hidden, and went forth out of the temple.
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 →