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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 4:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 4:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] was over the host [06635]: and Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] were the priests [03548]: |
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King James |
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Benaiah . . . was over the host--formerly captain of the guard. He had succeeded Joab as commander of the forces.
Zadok and Abiathar were the priests--Only the first discharged the sacred functions; the latter had been banished to his country seat and retained nothing more than the name of high priest. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| It is curious to find Abiathar in this list of princes, after what has been said of his disgrace Kg1 2:27, Kg1 2:35. Some have supposed that after a while Solomon pardoned him. Perhaps the true explanation is that the historian here enumerates all those who were accounted "princes" in any part of Solomon's reign. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Priests - That is, the high - priests, successively, first Abiathar, and then Zadok. |
35 And the king [04428] put [05414] Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] in his room over the host [06635]: and Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] did the king [04428] put [05414] in the room of Abiathar [054].
27 So Solomon [08010] thrust out [01644] Abiathar [054] from being priest [03548] unto the LORD [03068]; that he might fulfil [04390] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] concerning the house [01004] of Eli [05941] in Shiloh [07887].