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.
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For Anathoth and the allusions in this verse, see the marginal reference.
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Anathoth is noted, in Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60, as a city of the priests in the territory of Benjamin, only a f…
John Gill
JohnGill
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king
Who was either at court, or he sent for him, and thus addressed him:
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Solomon's words to Abiathar, and Abiathar's silence, imply that some recent conspiracies had been entered into. Those who show kindness to God's pe…
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Albert Barnes
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