Sat him down. —The Septuagint paraphrases here, “came to the table.”

David was the son of Jesse, but he was Saul's own son-in-law; yet, out of contempt, the angry king calls him "the son of Jesse."

So David hid himself in the field
Not directly, but at the time appointed; for he went to Bethlehem, and returned fr…

No one was more consistent than David in attending holy duties; nor would he have been absent, except that self-preservation compelled him to withd…