Bible Strands
1 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of Solomon’s reign immediately after noting his forty-year rule in Jerusalem. The passage functions as a third-person historical summary rather than a spoken address.
The words — וַיִּשְׁכַּב (wayyishkav) translates literally to “and he lay down,” and וַיִּקָּבֵר (wayyiqqāḇēr) means “and he was buried.” These verbs frame the transition from life to interment within a single narrative clause.
The thread — The burial formula appears in 1 Kings 2:10 for David and 2 Kings 21:18 for Manasseh. Matthew 1:7 links the same figures through a genealogical succession formula rather than a burial record.
Why it lands — The text states that Solomon’s physical rest and burial in David’s city were followed by Rehoboam’s accession. A reader must recognize that the passage documents dynastic transfer without endorsing the moral or spiritual quality of either reign.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 2:10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 2 Kings 21:18 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Matthew 1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
- Deuteronomy 31:16 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- 1 Kings 1:21 Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
- 1 Kings 14:20 And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:8 And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:24 And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:6 And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.