Yet I will not cutoffeverymanof yours from My altarso that your eyeswill fail[from weeping] and your soulgrieve,and allthe increaseof your housewill diein the primeof life.
"He has sacrificedoxenand fatlingsand sheepin abundance,and has invitedallthe sonsof the kingand Abiatharthe priestand Joabthe commanderof the army,but he has not invitedSolomonyour servant.
He had conferredwith Joabthe sonof Zeruiahand with Abiatharthe priest;and followingAdonijahthey helpedhim.
I, in turn,will dothisto you: I will appointoveryou a suddenterror,consumptionand feverthat will wasteawaythe eyesand cause the soulto pineaway;also, you will sowyour seeduselessly,for your enemieswill eatit up.
You will seethe distressof [My] dwelling,in [spite of] allthe goodthat I dofor Israel;and an oldmanwill not be in your houseforever.
Thiswill be the signto you whichwill comeconcerningyour twosons,Hophniand Phinehas:on the samedaybothof them will die.
Then the kingsaidto Doeg,"You turnaroundand attackthe priests."And Doegthe Edomiteturnedaroundand attackedthe priests,and he killedthat dayeighty-fivemenwho worethe linenephod.
