25So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
— 1 Kings 2:25-26