1 Kings 2:10

10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.

1 Kings 2:10 in Other Translations

10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

10 Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

10 Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.

10 Then David joined his ancestors. He was buried in the City of David.

10 And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

10 David lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.

10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

10 David joined the members of his family who had already died. His body was buried in the City of David.

1 Kings 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:10

So 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 ^F17 on the day of Pentecost, and according to Bishop Usher ^F18 A. M. 2990, and before Christ 1014;

and was buried in the city of David;
not at Bethlehem, in the sepulchre of Jesse, who was a private man; but being a king, in his own city, the hold of Zion he took from the Jebusite, and which afterwards was called by his name, ( 2 Samuel 5:7 ) ; and his sepulchre remained unto the times of the apostles, upwards of a thousand years, (See Gill on Acts 2:29).

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 T. Hieros. Chagigah, fol. 78. 1.
F18 Anuals p. 56.

1 Kings 2:10 In-Context

8 “And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’

9 But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”

10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.

11 He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.

12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 2:29; Acts 13:36
• 2. S 2 Samuel 5:7