1 Kings 2:26-28
Christian Standard Bible
Abiathar’s Banishment
26 The king said to the priest Abiathar,(A) “Go to your fields in Anathoth.(B) Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death today, since you carried the ark of the Lord God in the presence of my father David(C) and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”(D) 27 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.(E)
Joab’s Execution
28 The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah(F) but not Absalom,(G) Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.(H)
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