"So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli." — Solomon's banishment *fulfills* a divine word: *le-haqqim et-devar-YHVH asher diber 'el-beyt Eli* (to fulfill the word of the LORD which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli). The reference is to 1 Samuel 2:31–35, where God told Eli that his priesthood would end and that of Zadok would be established. Solomon's action becomes the instrument of *fulfilled prophecy*; the narrative frames his political act as divine execution of an ancient judgment. The removal of Abiathar and the elevation of Zadok (1 Kings 2:35) represent the covenantal transition from the old priestly order to the Zadokite line that will serve throughout Solomon's reign and beyond.

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