1 Kings 2:10
in 1 Kings 2Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
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ASV
And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
KJV
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
7 notes on this verseSo David slept with his fathers,.... Died as his ancestors before him did; for, buried with them he was not; and therefore cannot be understood of his lying with them in the grave, but in the state of the dead; he died according as the Jews say (q) on the day of Pentecost, and according to Bishop Usher (r) A. M.
This site's exposition
David slept with his fathers
on 1 Kings 2:10-11
Slept with his fathers becomes Kings' standard notice of a king's death, repeated for nearly every reign that follows across both books. Verse 11 totals the forty years, seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem, the same figures 2 Samuel 5:4-5 already gave, closing the reign that book opened.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
By Abel we understand the Christian who cleaves to God, as David says: "It is good for me to adhere to my God," that is, to attach oneself to heavenly things and to shun the earthly. Elsewhere he says, "My soul has fainted in your word," thus indicating his rule of life was directed toward reflections on the Word and not on the pleasures of this world.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): He was buried in the city of David, not in the burying place of his father, as Saul was, but in his own city, which he was the founder of. There were set the thrones, and there the tombs, of the house of David.
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It is well there is another life after this, for death stains all the glory of this, and lays it in the dust. The charge and instructions which David, when he was dying, gave to Solomon, his son and declared successor.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The interval was spent in developing his ideas and plans for the future glory of the kingdom and providing for the permanent worship of God (see on 1Ch 22:1, and following). was buried in the city of David--Sepulchres were not allowed within the precincts of cities.
David slept with his fathers - His life was a life of remarkable providences, of much piety, and of great public usefulness. In general he lived well, and it is most evident that he died well; and as a king, a general, a poet, a father, and a friend, he has had few equals, and no superior, from his own time to the present day.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| דָּוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּעִ֥יר | beir | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִֽד׃ פ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
דָּוִ֖דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֑יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
בְּעִ֥ירin [the] city of
beirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִֽד׃ פDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 29:28He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
it leads to
- Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 23:1
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
- Job 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
- Genesis 15:15
Through
Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 2:29
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
- 2 Samuel 7:12
Through
1 Kings 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will…
- Deuteronomy 31:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On Cain and Abel 1.5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.