1 Samuel 20:28
And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
And Ionathan answered Saul, Dauid earnestly asked leaue of me, to goe to Bethlehem.
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- 1 Samuel 20:6Rank 1 from verse 28
6If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
6If thy father at all misse me, then say, Dauid earnestly asked leaue of me that he might runne to Bethlehem his citie: for there is a yeerely ‖sacrifice there for all the family.
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1 Samuel 20:28
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Seriously, eagerly, sincerely, or with intense effort.
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1. To depart, cease from, abandon, forsake, release, permit, entrust, bequeath, cause or allow to remain, omit, exclude, or not take. 2. As a noun, permission or liberty to act, including permission to depart.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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27And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day 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?
27And it came to passe on the morrow which was the second day of the moneth, that Dauids place was emptie: and Saul said vnto Ionathan his sonne, Wherefore commeth not the sonne of Iesse to meat, neither yesterday nor to day?
28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
28And Ionathan answered Saul, Dauid earnestly asked leaue of me, to goe to Bethlehem.
Selected passage29And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.
29And he said, Let me goe, I pray thee, for our familie hath a sacrifice in the citie, and my brother, hee hath commanded mee to be there: and now if I haue found fauour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren: Therefore he commeth not vnto the kings table.