1 Kings 2:26 References

26 Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "aGo to Anathoth to your own field, bfor you deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because cyou carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and because dyou were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted."

d 1 Samuel 22:20-23, 1 Samuel 23:8, 1 Samuel 23:9

1 Samuel 22

20 But aone son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, bescaped and fled after David.

21 Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

22 Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when aDoeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father's household.

23 "Stay with me; do not be afraid, for ahe who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me."

1 Samuel 23

8 So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

1 Samuel 23

9 Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to aAbiathar the priest, "bBring the ephod here."

Other references for 1 Kings 2:26

a Joshua 21:18, Jeremiah 1:1

b 1 Samuel 26:16

c 1 Samuel 23:6, 2 Samuel 15:24-29