1 Samuel 20:6

20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go ¹  to his city Bethlehem, ²  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

1 Samuel 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ³  learned about it, they went down there to him.

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¹ tn Heb “to run.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

³ tn Heb “house.”