1 Samuel 20:24
King James Version
“So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.”
Context
21And, behold, I will send a lad, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for peace to thee, and no hurt; the LORD liveth.
22But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
23And the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD between thee and me for ever.
24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.
26Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he not clean.
27And it came to pass on the morrow, the second of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?