20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go 1 to his city Bethlehem, 2 for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’
1 Samuel 29:10
29:10 So get up early in the morning along with the servants of your lord who have come with you. 3 When you get up early in the morning, as soon as it is light enough to see, leave.” 4
1 Samuel 30:8
30:8 David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?” He said to him, “Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”
1 tnHeb “to run.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
3 tc The LXX and a couple of Old Latin mss include here the following words: “and you shall go to the place that I have appointed you. Don’t place an evil thing in your heart, for you are good before me.”
4 tnHeb “when you get up early in the morning and you have light, go.”