Verse 26
SAUL DEMANDS A REASON FOR DAVID'S ABSENCE
"Yet Saul did not say anything that day; for he thought, "Something has befallen him; he is not clean, surely he is not clean. But on the second day, the morrow after the new moon, David's place was empty, and Saul said to Jonathan his son. "Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today"? Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem; he said, `Let me go; for our family holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me go away, and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table."
Saul had, at this time, become very suspicious and critical of his son Jonathan, especially regarding his friendship for David. One may wonder if some tattle tale at Saul's court, who perhaps had seen David and Jonathan together "in the field," had told Saul of it. At any rate, Saul demanded from Jonathan a reason for David's absence.
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