earnestly asked leave # 09_1SA_20_06 # If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. earnestly asked leave # 09_1SA_20_28 # And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked [leave] of me [to go] to Bethlehem: