1 Kings 2:26-28

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Abiathar’s Banishment

²⁶ The king said to Abiathar the priest,^(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)