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Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”

1 Samuel 20:26 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૨૦:૨૬
તેમ છતાં શાઉલે તે દિવસે કંઈ પણ કહ્યું નહિ, કેમ કે તેણે વિચાર્યું, “તેને કંઈક થયું હશે. તે શુદ્ધ નહિ હોય; ચોક્કસ તે શુદ્ધ નહિ હોય.”
हिन्दी1 शमूएल २०:२६
उस दिन तो शाऊल यह सोचकर चुप रहा, कि इसका कोई न कोई कारण होगा; वह अशुद्ध होगा, निःसन्देह शुद्ध न होगा।

In context

24So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.

25The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

26Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”

27On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why didn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, either yesterday, or today?”

28Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.

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