²⁸ So Jonathan ^(A)answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.

²⁹ And he said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”