1 Samuel 20:25-27

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁵ And the king sat, as at other times upon his seat, upon his seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose and Abner sat by Saul’s side. But David’s place was empty.

²⁶ And Saul said nothing that day. For he thought, “Something has befallen him. He is not clean. Surely, he was not purified.”

²⁷ But the next day, which was the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why does not the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday nor today?”