1 Kings 2:26

New American Bible - revised edition

The king said to Abiathar the priest: “Go to your estate in Anathoth. Though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father and shared in all the hardships my father endured.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:5

David grew very angry with that man and said to Nathan: “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves death!

1 Kings 1:25

For today he went down and sacrificed bulls, fatlings, and sheep in great numbers; he invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest, and even now they are eating and drinking in his company and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

1 Kings 1:7

He consulted with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they became Adonijah’s supporters.

1 Kings 2:35

The king appointed Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, over the army in his place; Zadok the priest the king put in place of Abiathar.

Isaiah 10:30

Cry and shriek, Bath-Gallim! Hearken, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!

Jeremiah 1:1

The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”

Luke 22:28

It is you who have stood by me in my trials;

Galatians 3:4

Did you experience so many things in vain?—if indeed it was in vain.

Joshua 21:18

Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.

1 Samuel 2:32

You shall witness, like a disappointed rival, all the benefits enjoyed by Israel, but no member of your household shall ever grow old.

1 Samuel 26:16

What you have done is not right. As the Lord lives, you people deserve death because you have not guarded your lord, the anointed of the Lord. Go, look: where are the king’s spear and the water jug that was at his head?” Saul Admits His Guilt.