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1 Samuel 20:24
24So David hid in the field; and when the New Moon [festival] came, the king sat down to eat food.
1 Samuel 20:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
- New International Version (NIV)So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast came, the king sat down to eat.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then David hid in the field. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.
Context of 1 Samuel 20:24
22But if I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away. 23As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever [making sure that we each keep our word].” So David hid in the field; and when the New Moon [festival] came, the king sat down to eat food. 25The king sat on his seat as on previous occasions, on his seat by the wall; then Jonathan stood up, and Abner [his commander] sat down by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty. 26Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “It is an incident [of some kind] and he is not [ceremonially] clean—surely he is unclean.”
Read all of 1 Samuel 201 Samuel 20:24 word by word
וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר דָּוִ֖ד בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַיְהִ֣י הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל הַלֶּ֖חֶם לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- So Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- himself in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- and when the new moonחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
- was come, the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- sat him downיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:24
- Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite My statutes Or to take My covenant on your lips?
- Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence.
- Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
- Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.
- Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
- Isaiah 1:11“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of rams And the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience]; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].
- Zechariah 7:6When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves [to satisfy your own needs]?
- John 18:28Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium (governor’s palace). Now it was early and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium so that they would not be [ceremonially] unclean, but might [be able to] eat [and participate in the Feast of Unleavened Bread which began after] the Passover [supper].
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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