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1 Samuel 20:6

DavidBethlehem

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

5 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.

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.

8 Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

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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
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.’
KJV
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
WEB
If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
ASV
If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
DARBY
If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
BLB
If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David urgently requested from me to run [to] Bethlehem his city, for a yearly sacrifice [is] there for all of the clan.’
ÅB
Dersom da din far savner meg, så skal du si: David ba meg inntrengende om han måtte få gå hjem til Betlehem i all hast; for hele slekten holder nå sin årlige ofring der.
OTB
Hvis din far savner meg i det hele tatt, så si: 'David ba innstendig om tillatelse fra meg til å dra til Betlehem, hans by, fordi det er den årlige ofringen der for hele familien.'
B1930
Dersom da din far savner mig, så skal du si: David bad mig inntrengende om han måtte få gå hjem til Betlehem i all hast; for hele ætten holder nu sin årlige ofring der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 17:58

    “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

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  • 1 Samuel 9:12

    “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:5

    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

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  • 1 Samuel 16:2–5

    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

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  • John 7:42

    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

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