¹⁸ Then Jonathan said to David, ^(A)“Tomorrow is the New Moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

²⁵ Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And ^[a]Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

⁵ And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed tomorrow is the ^(A)New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may ^(B)hide in the field until the third day at evening.