And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
It is curious to find Abiathar in this list of princes, after what has been said of his disgrace 1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 2:35. Some have supposed that after a while Solomon pardoned him. Perhaps the true explanation is that the historian here enumerates all those who were accounted "princes" in any part of Solomon's reign.
4:4 Priests - That is, the high - priests, successively, first Abiathar, and then Zadok.