Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
He is not clean. No notice was taken of David's absence, as he might be labouring under some ceremonial defilement.
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1 Samuel 20:26
26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.