1 Samuel 20:5

David Jonathan

³ But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

⁴ Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”

So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

⁶ If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

⁷ If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
KJV: And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
WEB: David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
ASV: And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
DARBY: And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.
BLB: And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed, the New Moon [is] tomorrow, and I shall surely sit with the king to eat. Let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third evening.

ÅB: David svarte Jonatan: Imorgen er det nymåne-dagen; da skulle jeg jo sitte til bords med kongen; men la meg nå få gå, så vil jeg skjule meg ute på marken til iovermorgen kveld.
OTB: David sa til Jonatan: "Se, i morgen er det nymåne, og jeg er forventet å sitte med kongen for å spise. Men la meg gå, så jeg kan skjule meg i marken til den tredje kvelden.
B1930: David svarte Jonatan: Imorgen er det nymåne-dagen; da skulde jeg jo sitte til bords med kongen; men la mig nu få gå, så vil jeg skjule mig ute på marken til iovermorgen aften.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Numbers 10:10
And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
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1 Samuel 19:2
so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
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Numbers 28:11
At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
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Psalms 81:3
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
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Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
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John 8:59
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
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Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
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Acts 17:14
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
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