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.
Beth-lehem
Sacrifice
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.