Read Full ChapterThen 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.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”
World English Bible (WEB)
And unto Abiathar{H54} the priest{H3548} said{H559}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, Get{H3212}{(H8798)} thee to Anathoth{H6068}, unto thine own fields{H7704}; for thou art worthy{H376} of death{H4194}: but I will not at this time{H3117} put thee to death{H4191}{(H8686)}, because thou barest{H5375}{(H8804)} the ark{H727} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} before{H6440} David{H1732} my father{H1}, and because thou hast been afflicted{H6031}{(H8694)} in all wherein my father{H1} was afflicted{H6031}{(H8694)}.
Strong's King James
And to Abiathar the priest said the king, ‘To Anathoth go, unto thy fields; for a man of death thou art, but in this day I do not put thee to death, because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all that my father was afflicted in.’
Young's Literal Translation
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