2 Chronicles 9:31
in 2 Chronicles 9And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
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ASV
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd Solomon slept - We have here Solomon in his throne, and Solomon in his grave; for the throne could not secure him from the grave. Here is he stripped of his pomp, and leaving all his wealth and power, not to one whom he knew not whether he would be a wise man or a fool; but one he knew would be a fool! This was not only vanity, but vexation of spirit.
This site's exposition
reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
on 2 Chronicles 9:30-31
After forty years Solomon “rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David,” and Rehoboam reigns in his place. Kings gives Solomon's foreign wives, his heart turned after other gods, the LORD's anger and the tearing of the kingdom. Chronicles tells none of it.
This site's exposition
Solomon rested with his fathers
Wesley sets Solomon first on his throne and then in his grave, and the throne gave him no shelter from it. The heir was Rehoboam, a son Wesley calls a fool. Henry reads the silence over his sins as a sign of pardon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
His sin is not again recorded, because it was repented of, and pardoned, and became as if it had never been. Scripture-silence sometimes speaks. I am willing to believe that its silence here concerning the sin of Solomon is an intimation that none of the sins he committed were mentioned against him, Ezek. xxxiii.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed be the L ORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the L ORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
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The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹה֙ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֔יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ | vaiyikberuhu | and people buried him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּעִ֖יר | beir | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֣יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| רְחַבְעָ֥ם | rechavam | Rehoboam | H7346 → | 50 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֔יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּand people buried him
vaiyikberuhuH6912 →133 times
בְּעִ֖ירin [the] city of
beirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֣ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
רְחַבְעָ֥םRehoboam
rechavamH7346 →50 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 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 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
it leads to
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- Acts 13:36
Through
2 Samuel 7:12And 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.
it leads to
- Acts 2:30
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- 1 Kings 8:20
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for…
- 1 Kings 2:1
As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
- Acts 2:30
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
- 1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 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…
- 1 Kings 2:10
About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.
- PersonDivided kingdomRehoboamSolomon's son whose refusal of the elders' counsel at Shechem — answering the people with scorpions — tore ten tribes from the hou…
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).
