1 Kings 4:4

4:4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of 1  the army.

Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

1 Kings 8:3

8:3 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

1 Kings 8:10

8:10 Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples 2  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 tn Heb “was over.”

2 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.