1 Samuel 20:6

If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.’

1 Samuel 9:12

They answered them and said, “He is; see, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come into the city today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today.

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

Deuteronomy 12:5

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

1 Samuel 16:2-5

But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

John 7:42

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Samuel 20:6

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Beth-lehem

1 Samuel 17:58

John 7:42

Sacrifice

1 Samuel 9:12

1 Samuel 16:2

General references

1 Samuel 20:28

Bible References