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1 Samuel 20:28

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Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 20:28 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
  • BSB Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
  • NKJV So Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
  • NASB And Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly requested leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
  • NLT Jonathan replied, “David earnestly asked me if he could go to Bethlehem.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 1

  • 1 Sam 20:6If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’

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Christ at the center

The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.

How 1 Samuel 20:28 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And JonathanיְהוֹנָתָןansweredעָנָהSaulשָׁאוּלDavidדָּוִדearnestlyשָׁאַלaskedשָׁאַלleave of meעִמָּדto go to Bethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶם
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