1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father. And it came to pass when Jeroboam son of Nabat heard of it, even while he was yet in Egypt as he fled from the face of Solomon and lived in Egypt, he straightway comes into his own city, into the land of Sarira in the mount of Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers, and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
LXX2012 (US English)
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In Context
42And the days during which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:21And it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son shall be offenders.
1 Kings 14:31And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Abiu his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15:24And Asa slept with his fathers, and + 15:24 Gr. is. was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Josaphat his son reigns in his stead.
1 Kings 22:40And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 20:21And Ezekias slept with his fathers: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:42-43
The Death of Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 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. We have here the conclusion of Solomon's story, and in it, 1. Reference is had to another history then extant, but (not being divinely… Read the whole commentary →