NET Bible
"Jonathan replied to Saul,“David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem."
— 1 Samuel 20:28, NET Bible
“And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:”
“And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: ”
“Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.”
“And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem.”
“And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,”
“And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:”
The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him and Abner at his side. But David’s place was vacant.
However, Saul said nothing about it that day, for he thought,“Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.”
But the next morning, the second day of the new moon, David’s place was still vacant. So Saul said to his son Jonathan,“Why has Jesse’s son not come to the meal yesterday or today?”
Jonathan replied to Saul,“David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.
He said,‘Permit me to go, for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?
For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”