1 Kings 2:10
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.”
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- KJV
- So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- WEB
- David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
- ASV
- And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- DARBY
- And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- BLB
- And David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- ÅB
- Så la David seg til hvile hos sine fedre og ble begravet i Davids stad.
- OTB
- Så gikk David bort og ble lagt til hvile hos sine forfedre, og ble begravet i Davids by.
- B1930
- Så la David sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i Davids stad.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 2:29
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Read in contextActs 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
Read in context1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Read in context1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
Read in context1 Kings 3:1
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:7
So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
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