1 Kings 2:35

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

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.³⁶Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. ³⁷On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head." ³⁸"The sentence is fair," Shimei replied. "Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken." And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. ³⁹After three years, however, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, "Behold, your slaves are in Gath." ⁴⁰So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath. ⁴¹When it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned, ⁴²the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, 'On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die'? And you told me, 'The sentence is fair; I will comply.' ⁴³So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?" ⁴⁴The king also said, "You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in his room: Job 34:24

Zadok: 1 Kings 2:27, Numbers 25:11-13, 1 Samuel 2:35, 1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 1 Chronicles 6:50-53, 1 Chronicles 24:3, Psalms 109:8, Acts 1:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:31 - I will cut 2 Samuel 8:18 - Benaiah 2 Samuel 15:24 - Zadok 2 Samuel 19:11 - sent 1 Kings 1:8 - Zadok 1 Kings 2:26 - Abiathar 1 Kings 4:4 - Benaiah 1 Chronicles 6:8 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 6:53 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 11:22 - Benaiah 1 Chronicles 12:28 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 15:11 - Zadok 1 Chronicles 18:16 - Abiathar 1 Chronicles 18:17 - Benaiah 1 Chronicles 29:22 - Zadok 2 Chronicles 31:10 - Azariah Ezra 7:2 - Zadok Ezekiel 40:46 - these Ezekiel 43:19 - the priests Ezekiel 44:15 - the sons

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host,.... Advanced him from being captain of his bodyguards to be general of the army:

and Zadok the priest did he put in the room of Abiathar; from a common priest he promoted him to the high priesthood; whereby that office was restored to its ancient line, the family or Eleazar, having been in the line of Ithamar for many years; and the prediction of the destruction of Eli's house, made eighty years ago, began to be fulfilled, 1 Samuel 2:31.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The high priesthood had been for some time in a certain sense divided between Zadok and Abiathar. (See the 1 Kings 1:8 note). Henceforth, Zadok became sole high priest.