1 Samuel 20:24

24 So David hid in the countryside. When the New Moon Festival came, King Saul sat down to eat the festival meal.

1 Samuel 20:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:24

So David hid himself in the field
Not directly, but at the time appointed; for he went to Bethlehem, and returned from thence before that time:

and when the new moon was come;
the first clay of the month, which was a solemn festival:

the king sat him down to eat meat;
Saul sat down at his table to eat of the provisions that were set upon it; which it is very probable were the peace offerings for that day, which he, his family, and nobles, feasted on together; it is in the Hebrew, "he sat down at the bread" {b}, which is put for all the food on the table, and the provisions of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Mxlh le) "ad [vel] juxta panem", Pagninus, Montanus.

1 Samuel 20:24 In-Context

22 But if I tell the boy, 'The arrows are next to you,' then go, because the LORD has sent you away.

23 We have made a promise to each other, and the LORD is [a witness] between you and me forever."

24 So David hid in the countryside. When the New Moon Festival came, King Saul sat down to eat the festival meal.

25 He sat in his usual seat by the wall, while Jonathan stood. Abner sat beside Saul, but David's place was empty.

26 Saul didn't say anything that day, thinking, "Something has happened to him so that he's unclean. He must be unclean."