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28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:

1 Samuel 20:28

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  • If thy father at all 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.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24-34)

Jonathan is here effectually convinced of that which he was so loth to believe, that his father had an implacable enmity to David, and would certainly be the death of him if it were in his power; and he had like to have paid very dearly himself for the conviction. I. David is missed from the feast on the first day, but nothing is said of him. The king sat upon his seat , to feast upon the peace-of…

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