2:26 Because Abiathar, as a holy priest, carried the ark (2 Sam. 15:24, 29) and shared David’s hardships (1 Sam. 22:20–23; 23:6–9; 30:7; 2 Sam. 17:15; 19:11), Solomon tempers the penalty he metes out to Abiathar, banishing him to Anathoth (his ancestral home). Anathoth was four miles from Jerusalem.