24So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.


In Context

21 And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.

22 If I shall say to the boy: Behold the arrows are on this side of thee, take them up: come thou to me, because, there is peace to thee, and there is no evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus to the boy: Behold the arrows are beyond thee: go in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

23 And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

24 So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

25 And when the king sat down upon his chair (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place appeared empty.

26 And Saul said nothing that day, for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified.

1 Samuel 20:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new-moon had come, the king sat down to eat food.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.