24. The Lord made me king in my father's place and promised that the kings of Israel would come from my family. Yes, I swear by the living Lord that Adonijah will die today.
25. “Benaiah,” Solomon shouted, “go and kill Adonijah.” So Adonijah died.
26. Solomon sent for Abiathar the priest and said:Abiathar, go back home to Anathoth! You ought to be killed too, but I won't do it now. When my father David was king, you were in charge of the sacred chest, and you went through a lot of hard times with my father.
27. But I won't let you be a priest of the Lord any more.And so the promise that the Lord had made at Shiloh about the family of Eli came true.