And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:
Ver. 4: And Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.] Abiathar had been so, and still retained the title. It may be also that upon his suit, Solomon had re-admitted him, though degraded, to serve at the altar as an ordinary priest, according to 1 Samuel 2:36 .