So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
The king sat him down to eat meat, х lechem (H3899)] - food, bread. The English word "meat," at the time when the present English transition of the Bible was made, was applied to farinaceous as to animal substances. [The Septuagint has: kai erchetai ho basileus epi teen trapezan tou fagein, the king comes to the four-footed table to eat.] Perhaps, like Joseph, he had a small table for himself, or for a few of his chief officers.