The king made Benaiah commander of the army in Joab's place and put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.

Then King Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, "Go to your country home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not have you put to death now, for you were in charge of the LORD's Covenant Box while you were with my father David, and you shared in all his troubles."

Then Solomon dismissed Abiathar from serving as a priest of the LORD, and so made come true what the LORD had said in Shiloh about the priest Eli and his descendants.

The king made Benaiah commander of the army in Joab's place and put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.