1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹  they are having a feast ²  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ³ 

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ⁴  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ⁵  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “look.”

² tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

³ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

⁴ tn Or “field.”

⁵ tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

⁶ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”