1 Samuel 20:26-28

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²⁶ That day Saul said nothing. He thought, “Maybe something happened to David so that he is not clean.”

²⁷ On the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the New Moon celebration yesterday or today?”

²⁸ Jonathan answered, “David asked me to let him go to Bethlehem.