1 Kings 4:4

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:

And Benaiah {H1141} the son {H1121} of Jehoiada {H3077} was over the host {H6635}: and Zadok {H6659} and Abiathar {H54} were the priests {H3548}:

B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, commander of the army; Tzadok and Evyatar, cohanim;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • 1 Kings 2:35

    ¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

  • 1 Kings 2:26

    ¶ And 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.

  • 1 Kings 2:27

    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.

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