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1 Samuel 20:27

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It happened on the next day after the new moon, [which was] the second [day], that David's place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to meat, neither yesterday, nor today?

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Bethlehem, David’s hometown in Judah, is the place David says

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1 Samuel 20:27 mentions Bethlehem and Naioth.

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