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Lexicon :: Strong's H1732 - dāviḏ

Aa
דָּוִד
Transliteration
dāviḏ
Pronunciation
daw-veed'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as דּוֹד (H1730)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 410c

Strong’s Definitions

דָּוִד Dâvid, daw-veed'; rarely (fully); דָּוִיד Dâvîyd; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:—David.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,076x

The KJV translates Strong's H1732 in the following manner: David (1,076x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,076x
The KJV translates Strong's H1732 in the following manner: David (1,076x).

  1. David = "beloved"

    1. youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּוִד Dâvid, daw-veed'; rarely (fully); דָּוִיד Dâvîyd; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:—David.
STRONGS H1732: Abbreviations
דָּוִד, דָּוִיד 1066 proper name, masculine David, son of יִשַׂי, king of Israel, whose dynasty remained on the throne of Jerusalem till the Babylonian exile (compare 2 Samuel 7:11-15 etc.) (beloved one ? compare BaNB 189; according to SayceModern Rev. 1884, 158 ff.; Rel. Babylonian 53, 56 f. originally Dodo, title of sun-god worshipped in Israel compare דודה name of divinity among east Jordan Israelites MI12) — דָּוִד always Ruth, Samuel, Kings (except 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 11:4, 36) Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jeremiah; also 1 Chronicles 13:6; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24, 25 (with + 790 times); דָּוִיד always Zechariah, Chronicles (except 1 Chronicles 13:6), Ezra, Nehemiah; also Amos 6:5 (where gloss according to PetersHebraica. Apr. 1886, p. 175) Amos 9:11; Hosea 3:5; Ezekiel 34:23; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 11:4, 36; Songs 4:4 (with + 276 times); — first named 1 Samuel 16:13; compare also Ruth 4:17, 22; 2 Samuel 1:1 +, 1 Kings 1:1 +, 1 Kings 2:1 +, etc. (see above); in titles of Psalm 3:1; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 7:1; 8:1; 9:1; Psalm 11:1; 12:1; 13:1; 14:1; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1; 18:1; 19:1; 20:1; 21:1; 22:1; 23:1; 24:1; 25:1; 26:1; 27:1; 28:1; 29:1; 30:1; 31:1; 32:1; Psalm 34:1; 35:1; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1; 39:1; 40:1; 41:1; Psalm 51:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1; 61:1; 62:1; 63:1; 64:1; 65:1, Psalm 68:1; 69:1; 70:1; Psalm 86:1; Psalm 101:1; Psalm 103:1; Psalm 108:1; 109:1; 110:1; Psalm 122:1; Psalm 124:1; Psalm 131:1; Psalm 133:1; Psalm 138:1; 139:1; 140:1; 141:1; 142:1; 143:1; 144:1; 145:1 (73 in all); also in Psalm 18:51 (= 2 Samuel 22:51); Psalm 72:20; Psalm 89:36; Psalm 89:50; Psalm 122:5; Psalm 132:1, Psalm 132:11, Psalm 132:17; עַבְדִּי ד׳ (י׳ speaks) 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 7:5, 8 = 1 Chronicles 17:4, 7 compare 1 Chronicles 17:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24, also 1 Kings 8:24, 25, 26, 66 2 Chronicles 6:15; 6:16; 6:17; 6:42, 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 19:34 = Isaiah 37:35; 2 Kings 20:6; compare further Psalm 18:1; Psalm 36:1 (both titles compare above) Psalm 78:70; Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:21; Psalm 132:10; Psalm 144:10; Jeremiah 33:21, 22, 26; so also as represented in coming (Messianic) ruler Ezekiel 34:23, 24; Ezekiel 37:24, 25, compare Hosea 3:5; Jeremiah 30:9 (see עֶבֶד). Phrases are:
a. עִיר ד׳ (according to SayceMod. Rev. l.c. originally city of god Dod[o]) = stronghold or citadel of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:7, 9 = 1 Chronicles 11:5, 7; 2 Samuel 6:10, 12, 16 = 1 Chronicles 13:13; 1 Chronicles 15:1, 29, compare Isaiah 22:9; especially of burial of kings 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 8:1; 2 Chronicles 5:2; 1 Kings 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 1 Kings 11:27; 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Chronicles 9:31; 1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 15:8; 2 Chronicles 12:16; 2 Chronicles 13:23; 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Chronicles 9:31; 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:8; 2 Chronicles 12:16; 2 Chronicles 13:23; 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Chronicles 16:14; 1 Kings 22:50; 2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Kings 9:28; 2 Kings 12:22 [2 Kings 12:21] 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Kings 14:20; 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 15:38; 2 Chronicles 27:9; 2 Kings 16:20; burial of Jehoiada 2 Chronicles 24:16; further 2 Chronicles 32:5, 30; 33:14; Nehemiah 12:37; compare also קִרְיַת חָנָה ד׳; Isaiah 29:1.
b. בֵּית ד׳ 2 Samuel 3:1, 6 + (compare בַּיִת 5c.
c. אֹהֶל ד׳ Isaiah 16:5 (compare אֹהֶל 2).
d. סֻכַּת ד׳ Amos 9:11 (compare סֻכָּה below סכך).
e. כִּסֵּא ד׳ 2 Samuel 3:10 compare 1 Kings 1:37; 1 Kings 2:12, 24, 45; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 22:2, 30; Jeremiah 29:16; Jeremiah 36:30; compare Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 22:4, (compare also כִּסֵּא).
f. קִבְרֵי ד׳ Nehemiah 3:16 compare 2 Chronicles 32:33 קִבְרֵי בְנֵידֿ׳ (compare קֶבֶר).
g. מִגְדַּל ד׳ Songs 4:4.
h. אישׁ האלהים כְּלֵישִֿׁיר ד׳ Nehemiah 12:36.
i. אֱלֹהֵי ד׳ 2 Kings 20:5 + (compare אֱלֹהִים 4b).
j. חַסְדֵי ד׳ 2 Chronicles 6:42; Isaiah 55:3 (compare 2 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 3:6; Psalm 89:50; 2 Chronicles 1:8 etc.). — (On text note the following: — דָּוִד 1 Samuel 30:20a strike out Greek Version of the LXX Targum We Dr; 2 Samuel 3:5 read probably name of a former husband of Eglah We Dr; 2 Samuel 13:39 read רוּחַ Wep.223 Dr; 2 Samuel 19:44 [2 Samuel 19:43] read בְּכוֺר (for בדוד) Greek Version of the LXX The We Dr; insert דָּוִד 2 Samuel 9:11; 2 Samuel 15:32 & 2 Samuel 24:15 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; in 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalm 60:1 אבשׁי & יואב are less original than דָּוִד 2 Samuel 8:13 We Dr).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

4:17; 4:22

1 Samuel

16:13; 30:20

2 Samuel

1:1; 3:1; 3:5; 3:6; 3:10; 3:18; 5:7; 5:9; 6:10; 6:12; 6:16; 7:5; 7:8; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 7:14; 7:15; 7:15; 8:13; 9:11; 13:39; 15:32; 19:43; 22:51; 24:15

1 Kings

1:1; 1:37; 2:1; 2:10; 2:12; 2:24; 2:45; 3:1; 3:6; 3:14; 3:14; 8:1; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 8:66; 9:24; 11:4; 11:4; 11:13; 11:27; 11:32; 11:34; 11:36; 11:36; 11:36; 11:38; 11:43; 14:8; 14:13; 14:31; 15:8; 15:8; 15:24; 15:24; 22:50

2 Kings

8:19; 8:24; 9:28; 12:21; 14:20; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:34; 20:5; 20:6

1 Chronicles

11:5; 11:7; 13:6; 13:6; 13:13; 15:1; 15:29; 17:4; 17:7; 17:24; 17:26; 18:12

2 Chronicles

1:8; 5:2; 6:15; 6:16; 6:17; 6:42; 6:42; 8:11; 9:31; 9:31; 12:16; 12:16; 16:14; 21:1; 21:20; 24:16; 24:25; 27:9; 32:5; 32:30; 32:33; 33:14

Nehemiah

3:16; 12:36; 12:37

Psalms

3:1; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 7:1; 8:1; 9:1; 11:1; 12:1; 13:1; 14:1; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1; 18:1; 18:1; 19:1; 20:1; 21:1; 22:1; 23:1; 24:1; 25:1; 26:1; 27:1; 28:1; 29:1; 30:1; 31:1; 32:1; 34:1; 35:1; 36:1; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1; 39:1; 40:1; 41:1; 51:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1; 60:1; 61:1; 62:1; 63:1; 64:1; 65:1; 68:1; 69:1; 70:1; 72:20; 78:70; 86:1; 89:4; 89:21; 89:36; 89:50; 89:50; 101:1; 103:1; 108:1; 109:1; 110:1; 122:1; 122:5; 124:1; 131:1; 132:1; 132:10; 132:11; 132:17; 133:1; 138:1; 139:1; 140:1; 141:1; 142:1; 143:1; 144:1; 144:10; 145:1

Song of Songs

4:4; 4:4

Isaiah

9:6; 16:5; 22:9; 29:1; 37:35; 55:3

Jeremiah

13:13; 17:25; 22:2; 22:4; 22:30; 29:16; 30:9; 33:21; 33:22; 33:26; 36:30

Ezekiel

34:23; 34:23; 34:24; 34:24; 37:24; 37:24; 37:25; 37:25

Hosea

3:5; 3:5

Amos

6:5; 9:11; 9:11

H1732

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Strong's Number H1732 matches the Hebrew דָּוִד (dāviḏ),
which occurs 1,075 times in 910 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 19 (1Sa 18:16–1Sa 20:39)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:17 - One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But first you must prove yourself to be a real warrior by fighting the LORD’s battles.” For Saul thought, “I’ll send him out against the Philistines and let them kill him rather than doing it myself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18 - “Who am I, and what is my family in Israel that I should be the king’s son-in-law?” David exclaimed. “My father’s family is nothing!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:19 - So[fn] when the time came for Saul to give his daughter Merab in marriage to David, he gave her instead to Adriel, a man from Meholah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - In the meantime, Saul’s daughter Michal had fallen in love with David, and Saul was delighted when he heard about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - “Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said, “Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul told his men to say to David, “The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don’t you accept the king’s offer and become his son-in-law?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - When Saul’s men said these things to David, he replied, “How can a poor man from a humble family afford the bride price for the daughter of a king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:24 - When Saul’s men reported this back to the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king’s requirement by presenting all their foreskins to him. So Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:28 - When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:29 - Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:30 - Every time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than all the rest of Saul’s officers. So David’s name became very famous.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:1 - Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant David,” Jonathan said. “He’s never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the LORD brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7 - Afterward Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in the court as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8 - War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit[fn] from the LORD suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 - Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12 - So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:14 - When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn’t get out of bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18 - So David escaped and went to Ramah to see Samuel, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then Samuel took David with him to live at Naioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:19 - When the report reached Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - he sent troops to capture him. But when they arrived and saw Samuel leading a group of prophets who were prophesying, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s men, and they also began to prophesy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah and arrived at the great well in Secu. “Where are Samuel and David?” he demanded.
“They are at Naioth in Ramah,” someone told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - David now fled from Naioth in Ramah and found Jonathan. “What have I done?” he exclaimed. “What is my crime? How have I offended your father that he is so determined to kill me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won’t tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?’ But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the LORD and by your own soul!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:4 - “Tell me what I can do to help you,” Jonathan exclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:5 - David replied, “Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. I’ve always eaten with the king on this occasion, but tomorrow I’ll hide in the field and stay there until the evening of the third day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If your father asks where I am, tell him I asked permission to go home to Bethlehem for an annual family sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then David asked, “How will I know whether or not your father is angry?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:11 - “Come out to the field with me,” Jonathan replied. And they went out there together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan told David, “I promise by the LORD, the God of Israel, that by this time tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, I will talk to my father and let you know at once how he feels about you. If he speaks favorably about you, I will let you know.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15 - treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16 - So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David,[fn] saying, “May the LORD destroy all your enemies!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:24 - So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon festival began, the king sat down to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - He sat at his usual place against the wall, with Jonathan sitting opposite him[fn] and Abner beside him. But David’s place was empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But when David’s place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse been here for the meal either yesterday or today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan replied, “David earnestly asked me if he could go to Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father’s shameful behavior toward David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 - The next morning, as agreed, Jonathan went out into the field and took a young boy with him to gather his arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39 - He, of course, suspected nothing; only Jonathan and David understood the signal.

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