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1 Kings 2:26-35

26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.”

27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar.

29 King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”

30 So Benaiah entered the tent of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’”
But he answered, “No, I will die here.”
Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.”

31 Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my father’s house of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed.

32 The Lord will repay him for the blood he shed, because without the knowledge of my father David he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he.

33 May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”

34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried on his own land in the desert.

35 The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.

Cross References for 1 Kings 2:26-35

2 Samuel 12:5 - David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the m... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 12:5 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 12:5

Romans 6:21 - What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things res... Click to read the verse Romans 6:21 Click to read the verse Romans 6:21

Matthew 10:42 - And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disci... Click to read the verse Matthew 10:42 Click to read the verse Matthew 10:42

1 Samuel 30:7 - Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” Abiathar br... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 30:7 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 30:7

Jeremiah 32:8 - “Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard an... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 32:8 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 32:8

1 Samuel 26:16 - What you have done is not good. As surely as the Lord lives, you and your men deserve to die, b... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 26:16 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 26:16

1 Chronicles 15:11-12 - Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel an... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 15:11-12 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 15:11-12

1 Chronicles 6:60 - And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together wit... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 6:60 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 6:60

Joshua 21:18 - Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns. Click to read the verse Joshua 21:18 Click to read the verse Joshua 21:18

Isaiah 10:30 - Cry out, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! Poor Anathoth! Click to read the verse Isaiah 10:30 Click to read the verse Isaiah 10:30

Jeremiah 1:1 - The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Click to read the verse Jeremiah 1:1 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 1:1

1 Kings 2:35 - The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar wit... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 2:35 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 2:35

1 Kings 1:7 - Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave him the... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 1:7 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 1:7

1 Kings 1:25 - Today he has gone down and sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep. He h... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 1:25 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 1:25

1 Samuel 22:23 - Stay with me; don’t be afraid; the man who is seeking your life is seeking mine also. You will ... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 22:23 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 22:23

1 Samuel 22:20-23 - But Abiathar, a son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub, escaped and fled to join David. Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 22:20-23 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 22:20-23

2 Samuel 15:24-29 - Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covena... Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 15:24-29 Click to read the verse 2 Samuel 15:24-29

Galatians 3:4 - Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing? Click to read the verse Galatians 3:4 Click to read the verse Galatians 3:4

1 Samuel 23:6-9 - (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Kei... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 23:6-9 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 23:6-9

Luke 22:28 - You are those who have stood by me in my trials. Click to read the verse Luke 22:28 Click to read the verse Luke 22:28

1 Chronicles 15:11 - Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel an... Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 15:11 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 15:11