24 So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food. 25 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite,[a] and Abner sat by Saul's side, (A)but David's place was empty.

26 Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. (B)He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 20:25 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew stood up

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