1 Re 11:43

43 Poi Salomone giacque co’ suoi padri, e fu seppellito nella Città di Davide, suo padre; e Roboamo, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

1 Re 11:43 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:43

And Solomon slept with his fathers
Died as they did:

and was buried in the city of David his father;
not in Bethlehem, but Zion, ( 1 Kings 2:10 )

and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead;
of whom more in the following chapter. Though nothing is said of Solomon's repentance, there is no doubt but he was a good man, repented of his sins, and was saved; as may be concluded from the commendations of him after his death, ( 2 Chronicles 11:17 ) from the promise of God that he made, that his mercy should not depart from him, though he chastised him, ( 2 Samuel 7:14 2 Samuel 7:15 ) from his being an inspired writer, who were all holy men, ( 2 Peter 1:20 ) , and especially from his writing the book of Ecclesiastes after his fall, which contains a full acknowledgment of all his evils, a recantation of them, and repentance for them. Abulpharagius ^F2, an Arabic writer, rashly asserts that he died without repentance.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 55.

1 Re 11:43 In-Context

41 ORA, quant’è al rimanente dei fatti di Salomone, ed a quello ch’egli fece, ed alla sua sapienza; queste cose non sono esse scritte nel Libro dei fatti di Salomone?

42 Ora il tempo che Salomone regnò in Gerusalemme sopra tutto Israele, fu di quarant’anni.

43 Poi Salomone giacque co’ suoi padri, e fu seppellito nella Città di Davide, suo padre; e Roboamo, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.