1 Kings 4:4

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 , 1 Kings 2:35 ) 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 1 Kings 2:2 .]