1st Kings Chapter 4 verse 4 Holy Bible
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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and Benaiah son of Jehoiada `is' over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar `are' priests;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [see on 1 Kings 1:32] was [the A. V. supplies was and were quite needlessly in this and succeeding verses. This is simply a list of Solomon's princes and of the offices they discharged] over the host [cf. 1 Kings 2:35]: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests [the mention of Abiathar's name after his deposition (1 Kings 2:27, 35) has occasioned much remark, and has even led to the belief that he was subsequently pardoned and restored to office (Clericus). Theodoret remarks quite truly, τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀφείλατο οὐ τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἐγύμνωσεν, and similarly Grotius. But a simpler explanation is that his name is put down here because he had been high priest, though for a brief period only, under Solomon. See above on ver. 2.]
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Zadok and Abiathar . . . the priests.--Abiathar, though disgraced and practically deposed, was still regarded theoretically as priest (much as Annas is called "high priest" in the Gospels), for the priesthood was properly for life.
