1 Samuel 20:26-28

Good News Translation

²⁶ but Saul said nothing that day, because he thought, “Something has happened to him, and he is not ritually pure.” ²⁷ On the following day, the day after the New Moon Festival, David's place was still empty, and Saul asked Jonathan, “Why didn't David come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

²⁸ Jonathan answered, “He begged me to let him go to Bethlehem.