Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 20:5
5So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon,1 and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
1 Samuel 20:5 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)So David said, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon feast, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third day at evening.
Context of 1 Samuel 20:5
3But 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.” 4Then 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. 6If 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.’ 7If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן הִֽנֵּה־חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ מָחָ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֛י יָשֹׁב־אֵשֵׁ֥ב עִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֶאֱכ֑וֹל וְשִׁלַּחְתַּ֙נִי֙ וְנִסְתַּרְתִּ֣י בַשָּׂדֶ֔ה עַ֖ד הָעֶ֥רֶב הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃Read the interlinear
- So Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- So Davidאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- toldאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- himיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
- Lookהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
- tomorrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279
- is the New Moonחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
- and I amאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
- supposed to dineיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- supposed to dineאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- withעִם‛im · withH5973
- the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- Instead, let me goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
- and hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
- evening from nowעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 20:5
- 1 Samuel 20:6If 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.’
- Numbers 10:10And 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.”
- Numbers 28:11At 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,
- 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.
- Psalms 81:3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
- 1 Samuel 20:19When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
- 1 Samuel 19:2so 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.
- Psalms 55:12For 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.
- Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
- Acts 17:14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 20:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5To-morrow is the new moon - The months of the Hebrews were lunar months, and they reckoned from new moon to new moon. And as their other feasts, particularly the passover, were reckoned according to this, they were very scrupulous in observing the first appearance of each new moon. On these new moons they offered sacrifices, and had a feast; as we learn from Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11. And we may suppose that the families, on such occasions, sacrificed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The new moon, or beginning of each month, was celebrated with especial sacrifices and blowing of trumpets (marginal references.) The feast was kept with great solemnity as “a day of gladness,” and we may presume that the “peace offerings” offered on the occasion furnished the tables of those that offered.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5New 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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat--The beginning of a new month or moon was always celebrated by special sacrifices, followed by feasting, at which the head of a family expected all its members to be present. David, both as the king's son-in-law and a distinguished courtier, dined on such occasions at the royal table, and from its being generally known that David had returned to…Read the comment
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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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