And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
Ver. 35. And Zadok the priest did the king put, &c.] Abiathar, the fourth from Eli, was of the race of Ithamar, the younger brother. Zadok was the right heir of Eleazar and Phinehas, Numbers 25:13 1 Chronicles 6:3 , &c. and was therefore rightly restored by Solomon. Of his commendation, see 1 Samuel 2:35 .