1 Kings 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Zadok and Abiathar... the priests. — Abiathar, though disgraced and practically deposed, was still regarded theoretically as priest (much as Annas is called “high priest” in the Gospels), for the priesthood was properly for life.

1 Kings 4:4

4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: