Kings I 20:24

24 So David hides himself in the field, and the month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.

Kings I 20:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:24

And do this thing
Also take this further piece of advice:

take the kings away, every man out of his place:
for being brought up delicately, they were not inured to war, nor expert in the art of it; and being addicted to pleasure, gave themselves to that, and drew the king into it, which they observed was the case before, though they did not care to mention it; and if they were tributaries or allies, they would not fight as men do for their own country:

and put captains in their rooms;
of his own people, men of skill and courage, and who would fight both for their own honour, and for the good of their country.

Kings I 20:24 In-Context

22 If I should expressly say to the lad, The arrow here, and on this side of thee, take it; come, for it is well with thee, and there is no reason the Lord lives: if I should say thus to the young man, The arrow on that side of thee, and beyond; go, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

23 And as for the word which thou and I have spoken, behold, the Lord witness between me and thee for ever.

24 So David hides himself in the field, and the month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.

25 And he sat upon his seat as in former times, even on his seat by the wall, and he went before Jonathan; and Abenner sat on one side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.

26 And Saul said nothing on that day, for he said, It seems to have fallen out that he is not clean, because he has not purified himself.

Footnotes

• [a]. moon.