It is curious to find Abiathar in this list of princes, after what has been said of his disgrace (1 Kings 2:27, 35). Some have supposed…

Zadok and Abiathar ... the priests. —Abiathar, though disgraced and practically deposed, was still regarded theor…

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host
General of the army in the room of Joab, ([Reference 1 Kings 2:3…

In the choice of the chief officials of Solomon's court, his wisdom undoubtedly appeared. Several of them were the same individuals who had served …