1 Samuel 20:6

If your father happens to miss me, you should say, 'David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.'

1 Samuel 9:12

They replied, "Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" David replied, "I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem."

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

1 Samuel 16:2-5

Samuel replied, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" But the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.'

John 7:42

Don't the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

General references

Bible References

Beth-lehem

1 Samuel 17:58
Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" David replied, "I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem."
John 7:42
Don't the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"

Sacrifice

1 Samuel 9:12
They replied, "Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.
1 Samuel 16:2
Samuel replied, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" But the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.'

General references

1 Samuel 20:28
Jonathan replied to Saul, "David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.

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