1 Kings 2:26-35 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up ,.... To Gibeon, which was a great high place, 1 Kings 3:4 ; and fell upon him, and slew him ; at the altar; or, dragging him from it at some distance, drew his sword and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness ; not in his dwelling house strictly taken, but in a garden or field adjoining to it, which house in the wilderness; not a waste place uninhabited; for, as Kimchi observes, this word sometimes signifies a place... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:27

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:28

Tidings came to Joab - He heard that Adonijah had been slain and Abiathar banished, and probably he had heard of David's dying charge to Solomon. Fearing therefore for his personal safety, he takes refuge at the tabernacle, as claiming Divine protection, and desiring to have his case decided by God alone; or perhaps a spark of remorse is now kindled; and, knowing that he must die, he wishes to die in the house of God, as it were under the shadow, that he might receive the mercy of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:30

Nay ; but I will die here - The altars were so sacred among all the people, that, in general, even the vilest wretch found safety, if he once reached the altar. This led to many abuses, and the perversion of public justice; and at last it became a maxim that the guilty should be punished, should they even have taken refuge at the altars. God decreed that the presumptuous murderer who had taken refuge at the altar should be dragged thence, and put to death; see Exodus 21:14 . The... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah - went up - and slew him - It appears he slew him at the very altar. Joab must have been both old and infirm at this time, and now he bleeds for Abner, he bleeds for Amasa, and he bleeds for Uriah. The two former he murdered; of the blood of the latter he was not innocent; yet he had done the state much service, and they knew it. But he was a murderer, and vengeance would not suffer such to live. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26

EXPOSITION THE DEPOSITION OF ABIATHAR AND THE DEATH OF JOAB . And unto Abiathar the priest [see note on 1 Kings 1:8 . The historian now relates the end of Adonijah's confederates] said the king, get thee to Anathoth [The Heb. is extremely curt and authoritative, corresponding well with the anger and determination of the speaker. Anathoth, the home of Abiathar, was also the residence of another high priest, Hilkiah ( Jeremiah 1:1 ). It was in Benjamin, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-27

The Degraded High Priest. We may find in this section a sermon on Caesarism. The relations of the world power to the Church; the province of the State and the prerogatives of the clergy; what are the proper limits of the temporal power and what is the exclusive domain of the spiritual; these have been vexed questions for many centuries. They are prominent topics at the present day. We may perhaps find in this history a few principles to guide us. For we learn I. THAT PRIESTS HAD... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-35

The Death of Joab. "Know ye not that there is a prince and great man fallen this day in Israel"—so might men say as they heard, so may we say as we read, the history of Joab's death. After David, he was by far the greatest man—the ablest general, the bravest soldier, the most capable statesman—of that age. He was "the Marlborough, the Belisarius of the Jewish empire." He had fought David's battles, won his conquests, captured his citadel, and twice preserved for him his crown. It is a sad... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon thrust out Abtathar from being priest unto the Lord, that he might fulfil [Heb. to fulfil "An addition of the narrator, not the intention of Solomon. It is the ἵνα πληρωθῇ of the New Testament." Bähr] the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh [ 1 Samuel 2:31-35 . Abiathar was the last descendant of the house of Ithamar. With his deposition the high priesthood reverted to the house of Eleazar, and so another "word of the Lord" had its... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-35

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:27

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