1 Kings 2 · Verse 10

1 Kings 2:10

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 2:10, King James Version

1 Kings 2:10 in other translations

BSBThen David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
WEBDavid slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
ASVAnd David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
YLTAnd David lieth down with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David,
DARBYAnd David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
BBEThen David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.
WebsterSo David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

What does 1 Kings 2:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. So David slept with his fathers--about six months after the coronation of Solomon (compare 2Sa 5:5 with 1Ch 29:27). The interval was spent in developing his ideas and plans for the future glory of the kingdom and providing for the permanent worship of God (see on 1Ch 22:1, and following). was buried in the city of David--Sepulchres were not allowed within the precincts of cities. Jerusalem, however, formed an exception; and yet, even there, the privilege was reserved chiefly for the royal family (Ac 2:29). Tradition says that the bones of David repose on Mount Zion, and the minaret of a small mosque points out the spot which tradition has fixed. His was a noble, a wondrous, and a humbling history. He was a good man, yet his life was deformed by various crimes of a very gross character. But there were many bright and noble traits in his character; he was an earnest lover of the divine law; his reign was signalized by many important services that contributed to the glory of God and the exaltation of His kingdom; and his name, as the sweet Psalmist of Israel, will be held in honor to the latest age of the Church. 1Ki 2:12-24. Solomon Succeeds Him.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 David slept with his fathers - His life was a life of remarkable providences, of much piety, and of great public usefulness. In general he lived well, and it is most evident that he died well; and as a king, a general, a poet, a father, and a friend, he has had few equals, and no superior, from his own time to the present day. But I shall reserve a more particular consideration of his character till I come to the book of Psalms, in which that character, with all its lights and shades, is exhibited by his own masterly hand. And it is from this composition alone that we can know David, and the maxims by which he was governed in public and private life. Was buried in the city of David - And Solomon, says Josephus, deposited immense treasures with him, in the grave, where they continued unmolested for thirteen hundred years, till Hyrcanus, the high priest, being besieged by Antiochus, opened the sepulcher, and took thence three thousand talents, part of which he gave to Antiochus, to raise the siege. It is added that, many years afterwards, Herod the Great ransacked this tomb and got considerable riches. Little credit is due to this account, though we know that was customary in ancient times to deposit with the more illustrious dead, gold, silver, and precious stones. That the tomb of David existed in the days of the apostles, we learn from Act 2:29, where St. Peter, addressing the Jews, says, Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David; that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. St. Jerome speaks of it as existing in his time, and modern travelers pretend that it is still in existence. But both monks and Mohammedans have long united to impose on Christian pilgrims; and there is scarcely any dependence to be placed on any of their relations; absurdity and self-contradiction are their principal characteristics.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 2:5-11

These dying counsels concerning Joab and Shimei, did not come from personal anger, but for the security of Solomon's throne, which was the murders he had committed, but would readily repeat them to carry any purpose; though long reprieved, he shall be reckoned with at last. Time does not wear out the guilt of any sin, particularly of murder. Concerning Shimei, Hold him not guiltless; do not think him any true friend…

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1 Kings 2:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רvai.yi.ka.Verand he was buriedH6912
בְּעִ֥ירbe.'Irin [the] city ofH5892
דָּוִֽד\׃\ \פda.VidDavidH1732

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 2:10

  • Acts 2:29

    Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

  • Acts 13:36

    For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

  • 1 Kings 11:43

    And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 1:21

    Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:28

    And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 3:1

    And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

  • 2 Samuel 5:7

    Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:7

    And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
So David.
1:21; 1Ch 29:28; Ac 2:29; 13:36
the city.
3:1; 11:43; 2Sa 5:7; 1Ch 11:7

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Context

  • 1 Kings 2:9

    Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

  • 1 Kings 2:10

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

  • 1 Kings 2:11

    And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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1 Kings 2:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y David durmió con sus padres, y fué sepultado en la ciudad de David.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David s’endormit avec ses pères; et il fut enterré dans la ville de David.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David legte sich zu seinen Vätern; und er wurde begraben in der Stadt Davids.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dormivit igitur David cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in civitate David.