And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,
1 Samuel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
F I R S T S A M U E L CHAP. XX. David, having several times narrowly escaped Saul's fury, begins to consider at last whether it may not be necessary for him to retire into the country and to take up arms in his own defence. But he…