For Anathoth and the allusions in this verse, see the marginal reference.

Anathoth is noted, in Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60, as a city of the priests in the territory of Benjamin, only a f…

And unto Abiathar the priest said the king
Who was either at court, or he sent for him, and thus addressed him:

Solomon's words to Abiathar, and Abiathar's silence, imply that some recent conspiracies had been entered into. Those who show kindness to God's pe…