Study it in the app“And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields, for you deserve death; but on this day I will not put you to death, because you carried the ark of Adonai YHWH before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.””
And to Abiatharוּלְאֶבְיָתָרthe priestהַכֹּהֵןthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,אָמַר“Goלֵךְto Anathoth,עֲנָתֹתtoעַלyour fields,שָׂדֶיךָforכִּיyouאָתָּהdeserve death;אִישׁ מָוֶתbut on this dayוּבַיּוֹם הַזֶּהI will notלֹאput you to death,אֲמִיתֶךָbecauseכִּיyou carriedנָשָׂאתָthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהֹוִהbeforeלִפְנֵיDavidדָּוִדmy father,אָבִיand becauseוְכִיyou were afflictedהִתְעַנִּיתָin allבְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרmy fatherאָבִיwas afflicted.”הִתְעַנָּה
Abiathar
Abiathar: son of the priest Ahimelech; the only one who escaped the slaughter at Nob. He joined David and was his priest (1 Samuel 22:20-23). The name means "the father is abundant."
Where else “evyatar” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsAnathoth
See it on the mapWhere else “anatot” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “amite” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nasata” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsYHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehovi” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsafflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “hitanita” appears“You deserve death” is literally “you are a man of death.”
Anathoth
Today: Anata and Ras al-Kharrubeh, West Bank
A town in Benjamin, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Jerusalem.
It was a city of priests (Josh 21:18). Jeremiah came from there (Jer 1:1).
25And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he fell upon him, and he died.
26 · This verse (above)
27So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
