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1 Kings 2:27

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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This verse in 1 Kings 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
That he might fulfil the word of the L RD - We need not understand this as stating that the fulfillment of the old prophecy was Solomon’s motive, or even one of his motives. The reference is to the overruling providence of God, which thus brought about the fulfillment of the prophecy. (Compare Mat 1:22; Mat 2:15; Mat 27:35, etc.) The deposition of Abiathar involved the rejection of the house of Ithamar 1Ch 24:3, to which Eli belonged, and the reestablishment of the high priesthood in the line of Eleazar.

This site's exposition

thrust out Abiathar from being priest

One sentence closes a thread a century old, the word spoken against the house of Eli at Shiloh, that his family would be cut off from the priesthood for the sin of his sons in 1 Samuel 2:27-36 and 3:11-14, reaches its stated fulfilment here. Abiathar was Eli's last descendant to hold the office, and the priesthood passes whole to Zadok, named in verse 35, keeping the promise of a faithful priest raised up in Eli's place at 1 Samuel 2:35.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The depriving of Abiathar was the fulfilling of the threatening against the house of Eli ( 1 Sam. ii. 30 ), for he was the last high priest of that family. It was now above eighty years since the ruin was threatened; but God's judgments, though not executed speedily, will be executed surely.
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

So Solomon thrust out Abiathar - This was for having taken part before with Adonijah, but by it a remarkable prophecy was fulfilled; see 1 Samuel 2:13-35 (note), and the notes there. God had told Eli that the priesthood should depart from his house; Abiathar was the last of the descendants of Ithamar, of which family was Eli the high priest. Zadok, who was made priest in the stead of Abiathar, was of the family of Eliezer; and by this change the priesthood reverted to its ancient channel. Abiathar deserved this degradation; he supported Adonijah in his unnatural assumption of the royal dignity, even during the life of his father. This was the head and front of his offending.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁand he drove out

    vaygareshH1644 →

  • שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֶבְיָתָ֔רAbiathar

    ʾevyatarH54 →30 times

  • מִהְי֥וֹתfrom being

    mihyotH1961 →3559 times

  • כֹּהֵ֖ןa priest

    kohenH3548 →750 times

  • לַֽיהוָ֑הof Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לְמַלֵּא֙to fulfill

    lemale'H4390 →249 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דְּבַ֣ר[the] word of

    devarH1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבֶּ֛רhe had spoken

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • עֵלִ֖יEli

    ʾeliH5941 →

  • בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ פin Shiloh

    beshilohH7887 →32 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 2:27–36Then 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?11 works1 Samuel 3:12–14On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.7 works1 Kings 2:35And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.5 works1 Samuel 2:36And 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.”’”4 worksJeremiah 7:12–14But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.3 worksJoshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 7:39But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.2 worksEzekiel 43:19You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.2 worksPsalms 78:60He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.1 worksNumbers 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”1 worksJohn 19:28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”0 worksJohn 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”0 worksJohn 19:36–37Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”0 worksJohn 19:24So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.0 worksMatthew 26:56But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.0 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 18:1

    Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 1:3

      Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 19:51

      These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…

    • Joshua 21:2

      at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”

    • Joshua 22:9

      So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to…

    • Jeremiah 26:6

      then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

  • Through

    Psalms 78:60

    He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 18:1

      Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

    • 1 Samuel 4:4–11

      So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni…

    • Jeremiah 26:6–9

      then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 2 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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