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: Whose son are you, young man? David answered: I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
John 7:42
Do the Scriptures say that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
Sacrifice
1 Samuel 9:12
The girls answered: He is there ahead of you. Hurry! He just went into the city today since the people are offering a sacrifice at the worship site.
1 Samuel 16:2
How can I go? Samuel asked. When Saul hears about it he will kill me Jehovah said: Take a heifer with you and say: 'I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah.'
General references
1 Samuel 20:28
Jonathan answered Saul: David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.