I Kings 2:26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you shared in all my father's affliction.” 27 So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
As much as David set in order and stabilized as many things as possible in passing off the scene and passing on the baton to Solomon, there was a lot that still needed to be made right. Those in office had not been completely faithful to the king and changes needed to be made. These involved the priest (above), the general (the paragraph following), his advisors, and even family members. With each one Solomon sought to maintain a balance of justice and mercy, and each change was made accordingly. What relationships do you need to "set in order", and what principles of justice and mercy apply to each?
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