1 Kings 2:10

David’s Reign and Death

10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. ¹

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 Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

9 Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

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

11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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

Cross References

• 1. (1 Chronicles 29:26–30)