1 Kings 1:7

1:7 He collaborated ¹  with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported ²  him. ³ 

1 Kings 1:42

1:42 As he was still speaking, Jonathan ⁴  son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for ⁵  an important man like you must be bringing good news.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 2:27

2:27 Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, ⁷  fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ⁹  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “his words were.”

² tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

³ tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “look” at this point. The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), “look draws attention to Jonathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

⁵ tn Or “surely.”

⁶ tn Heb “you are a man of strength [or “ability”] and you bring a message [that is] good.” Another option is to understand the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) in the sense of “a worthy man,” that is “loyal.” See also 1 Kgs 1:52 and HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל.

⁷ tn Heb “Solomon drove out Abiathar from being a priest to the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “fulfilling the word of the Lord which he spoke against the house of Eli in Shiloh.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “over.”

¹¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.