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1 Kings 2:27 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 2 · verse 27
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.1 Kings 2:27 · King James Version
1 Kings 2:27 in context
25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- AbiatharʼEbyâthârEbjathar, an IsraeliteH54 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- fulfilmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- ShilohShîylôhShiloh, a place in PalestineH7887 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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Abiathar and Joab were both aiding and abetting in Adonijah's rebellious attempt, and it is probable were at the bottom of this new motion made of Adonijah for Abishag, and it should seem Solomon knew it, Kg1 2:22.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-34