Mark 2:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave to those who were with him?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    How{G4459} he entered{G1525} into{G1519} the house{G3624} of{G1909} God{G2316} when Abiathar{G8} was high priest,{G749} and{G2532} ate{G5315} the showbread,{G4286} which{G3739} it is{G1832} not{G3756} lawful{G1832} to eat{G5315} save for the priests,{G2409} and{G2532} gave{G1325} also{G2532} to them that were{G5607} with{G4862} him?{G846}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    How{G4459} he went{G1525}{(G5627)} into{G1519} the house{G3624} of God{G2316} in the days{G1909} of Abiathar{G8} the high priest{G749}, and{G2532} did eat{G5315}{(G5627)} the shewbread{G740}{G4286}, which{G3739} is{G1832} not{G3756} lawful{G1832}{(G5748)} to eat{G5315}{(G5629)} but for{G1508} the priests{G2409}, and{G2532} gave{G1325}{(G5656)} also{G2532} to them which were{G5607}{(G5752)} with{G4862} him{G846}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    How he went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar ye hye preste and dyd eate ye halowed loves which is not laufull to eate but for ye prestes only: and gave also to the which were with him?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    how he wente in to the house of God in the tyme of Abiathar the hye prest, and ate the shewbreds (which was laufull for no man to eate, but for the prestes) and he gaue them vnto him, and to them that were with him?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Howe he went into the house of God, in the daies of Abiathar the hie Priest, and did eat the shewe bread, which were not lawfull to eate, but for the Priests, and gaue also to them which were with him?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Howe he went into the house of God in the dayes of Abiathar the hye prieste, and dyd eate the shewe bread, which is not lawfull to eate, but for the priestes, and gaue also to them which were with hym?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,') and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 8:17 : 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
  • Lev 24:5-9 : 5 And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes from it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. 6 And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the LORD. 8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons', and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
  • 1 Sam 21:1 : 1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
  • 1 Chr 24:6 : 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chiefs of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.
  • Exod 29:32-33 : 32 Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 33 They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat them, because they are holy.
  • 1 Sam 22:20-22 : 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the LORD'S priests. 22 And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have caused the death of all the persons of your father's house.
  • 1 Sam 23:6 : 6 And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
  • 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knew that Saul secretly planned mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
  • 2 Sam 15:24 : 24 And behold, Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city.
  • 2 Sam 15:29 : 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem: and they stayed there.
  • 2 Sam 15:35 : 35 And do you not have there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
  • 2 Sam 20:25 : 25 Sheva was the secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
  • 1 Kgs 1:7 : 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
  • 1 Kgs 2:22 : 22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
  • 1 Kgs 2:26-27 : 26 And to Abiathar the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are deserving of death, but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all that my father was afflicted. 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
  • 1 Kgs 4:4 : 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.

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