1 Kings 2:26
in 1 Kings 2Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
2 notes on this verseon 1 Kings 2:26-27
The depriving of Abiathar was the fulfilling of the threatening against the house of Eli ( 1 Sam. ii. 30 ), for he was the last high priest of that family. It was now above eighty years since the ruin was threatened; but God's judgments, though not executed speedily, will be executed surely.
This site's exposition
Get thee to Anathoth
Abiathar is spared execution for having carried the ark before David and shared his afflictions, the loyalty already recorded at 2 Samuel 15:24-29, but he is stripped of the priesthood and sent to his own fields at Anathoth, a Levitical town a few miles from Jerusalem. Jeremiah is later called from a priestly family at Anathoth in Jeremiah 1:1, and the commentators note the coincidence of place without claiming a direct line back to Abiathar himself.
The words behind it
31 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֨ר | uleevyatar | and to Abiathar | H54 → | 30 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עֲנָתֹת֙ | ʾanatot | Anathoth | H6068 → | |
| לֵ֣ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שָׂדֶ֔יךָ | sadeikha | fields your | H7704 → | 334 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | [are] a man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מָ֖וֶת | mavet | death | H4194 → | 156 times |
| אָ֑תָּה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּבַיּ֨וֹם | uvaiyom | and on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֜ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲמִיתֶ֗ךָ | ʾamitekha | I will put to death you | H4191 → | 839 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נָשָׂ֜אתָ | nasata | you carried | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֨וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֤י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהֹוִה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | |
| לִפְנֵי֙ | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| דָּוִ֣ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֔י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְכִ֣י | vekhi | and for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִתְעַנִּ֔יתָ | hitanita | you were afflicted | H6031 → | 82 times |
| בְּכֹ֥ל | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶֽׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִתְעַנָּ֖ה | hitanah | he was afflicted | H6031 → | 82 times |
| אָבִֽי׃ | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֨רand to Abiathar
uleevyatarH54 →30 times
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אָמַ֣רhe said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
עֲנָתֹת֙Anathoth
ʾanatotH6068 →
לֵ֣ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שָׂדֶ֔יךָfields your
sadeikhaH7704 →334 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִ֥ישׁ[are] a man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מָ֖וֶתdeath
mavetH4194 →156 times
אָ֑תָּהyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וּבַיּ֨וֹםand on the day
uvaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֜ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֲמִיתֶ֗ךָI will put to death you
ʾamitekhaH4191 →839 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
נָשָׂ֜אתָyou carried
nasataH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֨וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
אֲדֹנָ֤י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהֹוִה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →
לִפְנֵי֙<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
דָּוִ֣דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֔יfather my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
וְכִ֣יand for
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
הִתְעַנִּ֔יתָyou were afflicted
hitanitaH6031 →82 times
בְּכֹ֥לin all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶֽׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִתְעַנָּ֖הhe was afflicted
hitanahH6031 →82 times
אָבִֽי׃father my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Mark 9:41–42
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- Matthew 18:10
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–15
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Hebrews 6:10
Through
1 Samuel 26:16This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where…
it leads to
- Psalms 102:20
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
- 1 Samuel 26:9
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
- 1 Samuel 26:11
But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
- Psalms 102:20
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
