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33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his[a] eyes and grieve his[b] heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword.[c]

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  1. 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
  2. 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
  3. 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT die like mortals

26 The king said to the priest Abiathar, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David and because you shared in all the hardships my father endured.”(A) 27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.(B)

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19 He has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance and has invited all the children of the king, the priest Abiathar, and Joab the commander of the army, but your servant Solomon he has not invited.(A)

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He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar, and they supported Adonijah.(A)

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21 Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22 David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible[a] for the lives of all your father’s house.(A) 23 Stay with me, and do not be afraid, for the one who seeks my life seeks your life; you will be safe with me.”(B)

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  1. 22.22 Gk Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

The Massacre of the Infants

16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi,[a] he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.[b] 17 Then what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,
    wailing and loud lamentation,
Rachel weeping for her children;
    she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”(A)

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  1. 2.16 Or astrologers
  2. 2.16 Or astrologers