1 Kings 2:27

So Solomon thrust out Abiathar The verb is the same which is used (Genesis 3:24) of the driving outof Adam from Paradise.

fulfil the word of the Lord The allusion is to 1 Samuel 2:31-36, where it is foretold to Eli that his family, to which Abiathar belonged, should be deprived of the priest's office, and that a faithful priest should be raised up in their stead. The order of descent from Eli was Eli Phinehas Ahitub Ahimelech Abiathar. These were of the family of Ithamar. Zadok was of the family of Eleazar (1 Chronicles 6:8). This is the first passage in the O.T. where the phrase -to fulfil the word of the Lord" appears.