1 Samuel 20:5

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Dixit autem David ad Jonathan: Ecce calendæ sunt crastino, et ego ex more sedere soleo juxta regem ad vescendum: dimitte ergo me ut abscondar in agro usque ad vesperam diei tertiæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

1 Samuel 20:5

New Moon: The ancient Hebrews used a lunar calendar, and the new moon signaled a new month. They started each month with a special sacrifice (Numbers 28:11–15), which became a monthly festival.

Theme notes and profiles

David Jeroboam I Jonathan Saul David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

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 peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
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.
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,
Psalm 81:3
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
1 Samuel 20:6
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.’
John 8:59
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
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.
Acts 17:14
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Psalm 55:12
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
1 Samuel 20:19
When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
2 Kings 4:23
“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Jonathan: Eldest son of King Saul and friend of David

Glossary

Covenant David Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Entertainments: Given on Occasions of Festivals Feasts: Given by Kings Influence: Good The Feast of the New Moon: A Season For: Entertainments The Moon: First Appearance of, a Time of Festivity

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