1 Kings 2:27

1 Kings 2:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
• New International Version (NIV)So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.

Context of 1 Kings 2:27

25King Solomon gave this task to Benaiah, son of Jehoiada. Benaiah attacked and killed Adonijah. 26The king told the priest Abiathar, “Go to your land in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I won’t kill you at this time because you carried the ark of the Almighty Lord ahead of my father David and because you shared all my father’s sufferings.” So Solomon removed Abiathar as the Lord’s priest and fulfilled the Lord’s word spoken at Shiloh about Eli’s family. 28The news reached Joab. (He had supported Adonijah, although he hadn’t supported Absalom.) So Joab fled to the Lord’s tent and clung to the horns of the altar. 29After King Solomon heard that Joab had fled to the altar in the tent of the Lord, Solomon sent Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, to kill Joab.

1 Kings 2:27 word by word

וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־אֶבְיָתָ֔ר מִהְי֥וֹת כֹּהֵ֖ן לַֽיהוָ֑ה לְמַלֵּא֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֛ר עַל־בֵּ֥ית עֵלִ֖י בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• thrust outגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• Abiatharאֶבְיָתָר'ebyâthâr · AbiatharH54
• from being priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• that he might fulfilמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• which he spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• concerning the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• in Shilohשִׁלוֹshîylôh shilôh shîylô shilô · ShilohH7887

Cross-references for 1 Kings 2:27

• 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, the Lord God of Israel declares: I certainly thought that your family and your father’s family would always live in my presence. “But now the Lord declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.
• 1 Samuel 2:3“Do not boast ⌞or⌟ let arrogance come out of your mouth because the Lord is a God of knowledge, and he weighs ⌞our⌟ actions.
• 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I am going to do to Eli and his family everything I said from beginning to end.
• Matthew 26:56All of this has happened so that what the prophets have written would come true.” Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away.
• John 12:38In this way the words of the prophet Isaiah came true: “Lord, who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord’s power been revealed?”
• John 19:24The soldiers said to each other, “Let’s not rip it apart. Let’s throw dice to see who will get it.” In this way the Scripture came true: “They divided my clothes among themselves. They threw dice for my clothing.” So that’s what the soldiers did.
• Joshua 18:1The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.
• Psalms 78:60He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.
• Jeremiah 7:12“ ‘But go to my place that was at Shiloh, where I first made a dwelling place for my name. See what I did to Shiloh because of the evil done by my people Israel.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 2:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27So 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27That he might fulfil the word of the L RD - We need not understand this as stating that the fulfillment of the old prophecy was Solomon‘s motive, or even one of his motives. The reference is to the overruling providence of God, which thus brought about the fulfillment of the prophecy. (Compare Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:15; Matthew 27:35, etc.) The deposition of Abiathar involved the rejection of the house of Ithamar 1 Chronicles 24:3, to which Eli belonged…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-34Verses 26-34 Solomon's words to Abiathar, and his silence, imply that some recent conspiracies had been entered into. Those that show kindness to God's people shall have it remembered to their advantage. For this reason Solomon spares Abiathar's life, but dismisses him from his offices. In case of such sins as the blood of beasts would atone for, the altar was a refuge, but not in Joab's case. Solomon looks upward to God as the Author of peace, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27Abiathar had supported Adonijah in his attempt to make himself king (1 Kings 1:7, 25). But he was removed from his position instead of being killed because he had: carried the ark (2 Samuel 15:24, 29, 35), supported David, and shared in David's hardships. Abiathar's removal from the priesthood fulfilled God's word about Eli's family line through Ithamar (1 Samuel 2:30–35). Zadok's appointment (1 Kings 4:2) restored the high priesthood to Eleazar's line…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. unto Abiathar the priest said the king--This functionary, as the counsellor or accomplice of Adonijah, had deserved to share his fate. But partly from regard to his priestly dignity, and partly from his long associations with the late king, Solomon pronounced on him the mitigated sentence of banishment to his country estate at Anathoth, and thereby, as God's vicegerent, deprived him of his office and its emoluments. The sacred writer notices the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 2:27

• Abiathar
• Church and State
• Eli
• Homicide
• Usurpation

In the dictionaries

• Abiathar
• Shiloh
• Solomon
• Curse
• Eleazar
• Eli
• Fail
• Gone
• High priest
• Ithamar

Commentaries on 1 Kings 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings