1 Kings 2:10

10 Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem.

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, Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, is here with you. He cursed me the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I promised him before the Lord, 'Shimei, I will not kill you.'

9 But you should not leave him unpunished. You are a wise man, and you will know what to do to him, but you must be sure he is killed."

10 Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem.

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

12 Solomon became king after David, his father, and he was in firm control of his kingdom.