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
1 tn Heb “answered and said.”
2 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.
3 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
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.”
7 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”