1 SAMUEL 20:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.”
And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at the meal — David's *hineh chodesh machar*, behold, tomorrow is the new moon, refers to the Rosh Chodesh feast, the first day of the lunar month, a significant cultic and political occasion. David's *ani lo yuchel*, I should not fail to sit, invokes the expectation that he will be present at the royal table; his absence will be conspicuous and will reveal Saul's intentions.
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