²⁶ To Abiathar^(A) the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth.^(B) You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark^(C) of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.”^(D)

²¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth^(A) who are threatening to kill you,^(B) saying, “Do not prophesy^(C) in the name of the Lord or you will die^(D) by our hands”—

⁷ Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth,^(A) because as nearest relative it is your right and duty^(B) to buy it.’