1 Samuel 20:24
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So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

the king

Psalm 50:16-21 But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth? . . .

Proverbs 4:17 But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.

Proverbs 15:17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

Proverbs 21:3,27 To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. . . .

Isaiah 1:11-15 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. . . .

Zechariah 7:6 And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
23And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever. 24So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.25And when the king sat down upon his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place appeared empty.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:5
And David said to Jonathan: Behold to morrow is the new moon, and I, according to custom, am wont to sit beside the king to eat: let me go then that I may be hid in the field till the evening of the third day.

1 Samuel 20:23
And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me forever.

1 Samuel 20:25
And when the king sat down upon his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place appeared empty.

Lexicon
So David
דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

hid
וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר (way·yis·sā·ṯêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5641: To hide, conceal

in the field,
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (baś·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

and when the New Moon
הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ (ha·ḥō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

had come,
וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the king
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

sat down
וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

to eat.
לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃ (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat


Additional Translations
So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

So David hides himself in the field, and the new month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.

And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new-moon had come, the king sat down to eat food.

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.

And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,
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