1 Kings 2:24-26

International Standard Version

²⁴ Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of my father David, and who has established a dynasty, just like he promised, Adonijah will surely be executed today.” ²⁵ So King Solomon sent for Jehoiada’s son Benaiah, who attacked and killed Adonijah.^[a]

²⁶ The king also told Abiathar the priest, “Go home to Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I won’t kill you today, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David and because you shared all the troubles that my father went through.”