⁴⁴ But Saul had given ^(A)Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to ^[a]Palti the son of Laish, who was from ^(B)Gallim.

Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest

1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were ^(A)in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

¹⁸ Anathoth with its common-land, and ^(A)Almon with its common-land: four cities.

⁸ Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Abiathar Exiled, Joab Executed

²⁶ And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to ^(A)Anathoth, to your own fields, for ^[a]you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, ^(B)because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.”

²⁹ And ^(A)they called the name of the city ^(B)Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel. However, the name of the city formerly was Laish.

⁷ So the five men departed and went to ^(A)Laish. They saw the people who were there, ^(B)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the ^(C)Sidonians, and they had no ties ^[a]with anyone.