New Revised Standard Version
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat at the feast to eat.

Contemporary English Version
So David hid there in the field. During the New Moon Festival, Saul sat down to eat

New American Bible
So David hid in the open country. On the day of the new moon, when the king sat down at the feast to dine,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

the king

Psalm 50:16-21 But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth? . . .

Proverbs 4:17 But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.

Proverbs 15:17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

Proverbs 21:3,27 To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. . . .

Isaiah 1:11-15 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. . . .

Zechariah 7:6 And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.