World English Bible
"Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem."
— 1 Samuel 20:28, World English 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 replied to Saul,“David urgently requested that he be allowed 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 on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty.
Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything that day: for he thought, "Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean."
It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?"
Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
He said, 'Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.' Therefore he has not come to the king's table."
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don't I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!"