Abiathar was deposed (the sole historical instance of the deposition of a high priest) and banished to his home at Anathoth by Solomon (1 Kings 1:22, 26), because he took part in the attempt to raise Adonijah to the throne instead of Solomon (1 Kings 1:7, 19, 25). The priesthood thus passed from the house of Ithamar (1 Samuel 2:30–36; 1 Kings 1:19; 2:26, 27) to the house of Eleazar.