1 Kings 4:4

4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the army, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

1 Kings 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 4:4

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host
General of the army in the room of Joab, ( 1 Kings 2:35 ) ;

and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests;
so they were when Solomon came to the throne; but Abiathar was deposed by him after some time, though he might retain the name afterwards, and be employed, as Ben Gersom thinks, in case of necessity, in the room of Zadok, or, however, be employed as a common priest at Jerusalem, upon a reconciliation with Solomon; though Kimchi thinks another Abiathar is meant, which is not so likely.

1 Kings 4:4 In-Context

2 Now these are the officials who were his: Azariah the son of Zadok [was] the priest.

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, [were] the secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] the recorder.

4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the army, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

5 Azariah the son of Nathan [was] over the governors, and Zabud the son of Nathan was a priest, an advisor to the king.

6 Ahishar [was] over the palace, and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the forced labor.