1 Kings 2:26

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.

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In The King James Version

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

In Context

25And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.

27So Solomon let Abiathar be priest no longer, so that he might make the word of the Lord come true which he said about the sons of Eli in Shiloh.

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Cross References

Joshua 21:18Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.

1 Samuel 23:6Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

2 Samuel 12:5And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

1 Kings 1:7And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

1 Kings 2:35And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

Isaiah 10:30Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 2:13-26

Adonijah's Impudent Request; Adonijah Put to Death. ( b. c. 1015.) 12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom… Read the whole commentary →

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