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that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/2.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken regarding the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So Solomon drove Abiathar away from being priest to Yahweh, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/amp/1_kings/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So Solomon dismissed Abiathar [a descendant of Eli] from being priest to the LORD, fulfilling the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning the house (descendants) of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/csb/1_kings/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the LORD’s priest, and it fulfilled the LORD’s prophecy he had spoken at Shiloh against Eli’s family. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the LORD&#8217s priest, and it fulfilled the LORD&#8217s prophecy He had spoken at Shiloh against Eli&#8217s family. <a href="/asv/1_kings/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/cev/1_kings/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But I won't let you be a priest of the LORD anymore. And so the promise that the LORD had made at Shiloh about the family of Eli came true. <a href="/erv/1_kings/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So Solomon removed Abiathar as the LORD's priest and fulfilled the LORD's word spoken at Shiloh about Eli's family. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then Solomon dismissed Abiathar from serving as a priest of the LORD, and so made come true what the LORD had said in Shiloh about the priest Eli and his descendants. <a href="/isv/1_kings/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> So Solomon fired Abiathar as the LORD's priest, thus fulfilling the promise that the LORD had spoken in Shiloh concerning Eli's household. <a href="/msb/1_kings/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli. <a href="/net/1_kings/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, fulfilling the decree of judgment the LORD made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 in Shiloh. <a href="/web/1_kings/2.htm">World English Bible</a> So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill Yahweh’s word which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Solomon casts out Abiathar from being priest of YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Solomon casteth out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah which He spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/slt/1_kings/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Solomon will drive out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to complete the word of Jehovah which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> So Solomon cast out Abiathar, from being the priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Deli in Silo. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, Solomon cast out Abiathar, so that he would not be the priest of the Lord, so that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke over the house of Eli at Shiloh. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/2.htm">New American Bible</a> So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from the office of priest of the LORD, thus fulfilling the word the LORD had spoken in Shiloh against the house of Eli. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So Solomon banished Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, thus fulfilling the word of the LORD that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the LORD; that the word of the LORD might be fulfilled which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Solomon brought out Abiathar that he would not be Priest to LORD JEHOVAH, so that the word of LORD JEHOVAH would be fulfilled that he had spoken against the house of Eli in Shilo.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that the word of the LORD might be fulfilled, which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. <a href="/sep/1_kings/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Heli in Selom. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/2-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=877" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/2.htm">The Execution of Adonijah</a> …26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.” 27<a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">So Solomon</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1644.htm" title="1644: way·ḡā·reš (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To drive out, cast out. A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.">banished</a> <a href="/hebrew/54.htm" title="54: ’eḇ·yā·ṯār (N-proper-ms) -- The great one is father, an Isr. priest. Contracted from 'ab and yathar; father of abundance; Ebjathar, an Israelite.">Abiathar</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: mih·yō·wṯ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priesthood</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: lə·mal·lê (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">and thus fulfilled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the word</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">had spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: bə·ši·lōh (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">at Shiloh</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/5941.htm" title="5941: ‘ê·lî (N-proper-ms) -- A priest at Shiloh. From alah; lofty; Eli, an Israelite high-priest.">of Eli.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31-35</a> Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age. / You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age. / And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men. ... <a href="/1_samuel/3-12.htm">1 Samuel 3:12-14</a> On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. / I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. / Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’” <a href="/1_samuel/4-11.htm">1 Samuel 4:11</a> The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. <a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a> Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained. <a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">1 Samuel 2:27-28</a> Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house? / And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites. <a href="/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32</a> You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age. <a href="/1_samuel/2-36.htm">1 Samuel 2:36</a> And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’” <a href="/1_samuel/3-11.htm">1 Samuel 3:11-13</a> Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. / On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. / I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. <a href="/1_samuel/4-17.htm">1 Samuel 4:17-18</a> The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” / As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years. <a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">1 Samuel 14:3</a> including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left. <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">1 Samuel 22:18-20</a> So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. / He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep. / But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David. <a href="/1_kings/1-7.htm">1 Kings 1:7-8</a> So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him. / But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah. <a href="/1_kings/1-19.htm">1 Kings 1:19</a> And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not invited your servant Solomon. <a href="/1_kings/1-25.htm">1 Kings 1:25</a> For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ <a href="/1_kings/1-32.htm">1 Kings 1:32-35</a> Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. / “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon. / There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to the LORD; that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.<a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30-36</a> Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed… that he<a href="/1_samuel/2-3.htm">1 Samuel 2:3-36</a> Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed… <a href="/1_samuel/3-12.htm">1 Samuel 3:12-14</a> In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end… <a href="/matthew/26-56.htm">Matthew 26:56</a> But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.Shiloh<a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a> And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.<a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60</a> So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;<a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12-14</a> But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/2-26.htm">Abiathar</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-42.htm">Abi'athar</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-33.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-25.htm">Dismissed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">Eli</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm">Expelled</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-25.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-7.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-22.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/numbers/3-8.htm">Fulfilling</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-5.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-21.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-26.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/joshua/18-7.htm">Priesthood</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-13.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-25.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">Abiathar</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">Abi'athar</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-8.htm">Dismissed</a> <a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Eli</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Expelled</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-15.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/psalms/148-8.htm">Fulfilling</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-31.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-43.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-10.htm">Priesthood</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-17.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-29.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-15.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-30.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 2</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/2-1.htm">David, having given a charge to Solomon</a> 3. <a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">of Reverence</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/2-5.htm">of Joab</a> 7. <a href="/1_kings/2-7.htm">of Barzillai</a> 8. <a href="/1_kings/2-8.htm">of Shimei</a> 10. <a href="/1_kings/2-10.htm">Solomon succeeds</a> 12. <a href="/1_kings/2-12.htm">Adonijah, moving Bathsheba to ask unto Solomon for Abishag,</a> 13. <a href="/1_kings/2-13.htm">is put to death</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/2-26.htm">Abiathar, having his life given him, is deprived of the priesthood</a> 28. <a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm">Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar, is there slain</a> 35. <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and Zadfok in Abiathar's</a> 36. <a href="/1_kings/2-36.htm">Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of going to Gath, is put to death.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD Solomon's decision to remove Abiathar from the priesthood was a significant action in the early days of his reign. Abiathar, a descendant of Eli, had supported Adonijah's claim to the throne instead of Solomon, which was a political and spiritual misstep. This act of banishment was not only a political move to consolidate Solomon's power but also a fulfillment of divine judgment. The priesthood was a sacred office, and Abiathar's removal signified a shift in the religious leadership of Israel. This action also highlights the importance of loyalty to God's chosen king, as Solomon was anointed by God through the prophet Nathan.and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh The reference to Shiloh connects this event to a prophecy given many years earlier. Shiloh was an important religious center in Israel before the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital. It was at Shiloh that God spoke to the young Samuel, foretelling the downfall of Eli's house due to the wickedness of his sons, Hophni and Phinehas. This prophecy is recorded in <a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">1 Samuel 2:27-36</a>, where God declared that Eli's lineage would be cut off from serving as priests. The fulfillment of this prophecy through Solomon's actions underscores the faithfulness of God's word and His sovereignty over Israel's history.against the house of Eli The house of Eli had been under divine judgment since the time of Samuel. Eli's failure to restrain his sons led to their corruption and the eventual loss of the Ark of the Covenant to the Philistines. The removal of Abiathar, a descendant of Eli, from the priesthood was the culmination of this judgment. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the importance of holiness in those who serve in spiritual leadership. This event also illustrates the continuity of God's justice across generations, as well as His commitment to purifying His people and their leaders.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The son of David and Bathsheba, Solomon became king of Israel after David. Known for his wisdom, Solomon's reign was marked by the establishment of the temple and the consolidation of his kingdom. 2. <a href="/topical/a/abiathar.htm">Abiathar</a> A priest during the reigns of David and Solomon. He was a descendant of Eli and served as a priest alongside Zadok. Abiathar supported Adonijah's claim to the throne, which led to his banishment by Solomon. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who is the central figure in the fulfillment of His word and promises throughout the Bible. 4. <a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a> An ancient city in Israel where the tabernacle was located before the temple was built in Jerusalem. It was here that God spoke the prophecy against the house of Eli. 5. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_eli.htm">House of Eli</a> A priestly family line that was cursed due to the sins of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas. The prophecy against Eli's house was that it would lose its priestly role.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a> God's word is always fulfilled. The banishment of Abiathar demonstrates that God's plans and purposes will come to pass, regardless of human actions. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Abiathar's removal from the priesthood serves as a reminder of the consequences of aligning with the wrong side and disobeying God's chosen leader. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_word.htm">Faithfulness to God's Word</a> The fulfillment of the prophecy against Eli's house underscores the importance of being faithful to God's word and commands. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_loyalty.htm">Leadership and Loyalty</a> Solomon's decision to banish Abiathar highlights the importance of loyalty to God's anointed leaders and the need for discernment in leadership roles. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> While God's justice is evident in the fulfillment of the prophecy, His mercy is also seen in the fact that Abiathar's life was spared, showing that God tempers justice with mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 2</a> <a href="/q/how_can_a_temple_contain_god.htm">In 2 Chronicles 2:4, how can a temple truly contain God if other passages assert He cannot be confined?</a> <a href="/q/solomon's_horse_stalls_count.htm">How many stalls of horses did Solomon have? (1 Kings 4:26 vs. 2 Chronicles 9:25)</a> <a href="/q/how_can_2_chr_8_2_and_1_kgs_9_11-13_align.htm">In 2 Chronicles 8:2, Solomon rebuilds cities given by Hiram, yet 1 Kings 9:11-13 implies those cities were unacceptable to him; how can both accounts be accurate?</a> <a href="/q/how_many_baths_did_solomon_build.htm">Solomon built a facility containing how many baths? Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) That he might fulfil.--In these words is described, not the purpose, but the effect of Solomon's action. The prophecy referred to is, of course, that of <a href="/context/1_samuel/2-30.htm" title="Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD said, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.">1Samuel 2:30-35</a>; <a href="/context/1_samuel/3-11.htm" title="And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle.">1Samuel 3:11-14</a>, fulfilled by the degradation, in Abiathar's person, of the house of Ithamar, and the exaltation, or restoration, in Zadok, of the house of Eleazar, to whom, as the elder son of Aaron, the primacy would have seemed naturally to belong. It seems clear from <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm" title="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.">1Kings 2:35</a> that Abiathar had hitherto had some superiority, although in the various notices of the two, Zadok's name stands first; but whether of actual authority, or only of priority of dignity, cannot be determined. While the Tabernacle remained at Gibeon under Zadok's charge, and the Ark was in Mount Zion under Abiathar, there might, indeed, be something like co-ordination between the two. This, in any case, must have disappeared at the building of the Temple; and the disgrace of Abiathar determined that the undivided dignity should pass to Zadok.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - So Solomon thrust out Abtathar from being priest unto the Lord, that he might fulfil [Heb. to fulfil "An addition of the narrator, not the intention of Solomon. It is the ἵνα πληρωθῇ of the New Testament." Bahr] the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh [<a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31-35</a>. Abiathar was the last descendant of the house of Ithamar. With his deposition the high priesthood reverted to the house of Eleazar, and so another "word of the Lord" had its fulfilment (<a href="/numbers/25-15.htm">Numbers 25:15</a>).] No one can justly accuse Solomon of unnecessary severity or of cruelty in his treatment of Abiathar. On the occasion of his first conspiracy, Abiathar seems to have escaped even censure. And yet that conspiracy, had it succeeded, would almost certainly have involved Solomon's death (ch. 1:12). He is now found plotting again, for the action of Solomon proves that there had been a second plot. Oriental usages would have justified his death. He is simply warned and banished. <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/2-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So Solomon שְׁלֹמֹה֙ (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne banished וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ (way·ḡā·reš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1644.htm">Strong's 1644: </a> To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce Abiathar אֶבְיָתָ֔ר (’eḇ·yā·ṯār) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_54.htm">Strong's 54: </a> Abiathar -- 'the great one is father', an Israelite priest from מִהְי֥וֹת (mih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be the priesthood כֹּהֵ֖ן (kō·hên) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest of the LORD לַֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and so fulfilled לְמַלֵּא֙ (lə·mal·lê) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of the word דְּבַ֣ר (də·ḇar) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had spoken דִּבֶּ֛ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue at Shiloh בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ (bə·ši·lōh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Eli. עֵלִ֖י (‘ê·lî) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5941.htm">Strong's 5941: </a> Eli -- a priest at Shiloh <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/2-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 2:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 2:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 2:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 2:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>