1 Kings 11:43

1 Kings 11:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

Context of 1 Kings 11:43

41The other things that happened while Solomon was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Solomon’. It tells about Solomon's wisdom and everything that he did. 42Solomon ruled over all Israel for 40 years while he lived in Jerusalem. Then he died. They buried him with his ancestors, in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam became king after him.

1 Kings 11:43 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב שְׁלֹמֹה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּ֨קָּבֵ֔ר בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ רְחַבְעָ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• sleptשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechab‛âm · RehoboamH7346
• his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:43

• 1 Kings 1:21If you do not decide this now, there will be trouble for me and my son Solomon. Soon after they bury you in the grave of your ancestors, they will punish us as bad people.’
• 1 Kings 14:20Jeroboam ruled as king for 22 years. Then he died and they buried him beside his ancestors. His son Nadab became king after him.
• 1 Kings 15:8Abijah died and they buried him beside his ancestors in the City of David. Abijah's son Asa became king after him.
• 1 Kings 16:6Baasha died and they buried him in Tirzah. His son Elah became king after him.
• Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, ‘You will soon die. After you die, the people will soon go away from me. They will start to worship foreign gods of the land where they are going. They will turn against me. They will not obey the covenant that I made with them.
• 2 Kings 16:20Ahaz died and they buried him beside his ancestors in the City of David. His son Hezekiah became king after him.
• 2 Kings 20:21So Hezekiah died and they buried him beside his ancestors. His son Manasseh became king after him.
• 2 Kings 21:18Manasseh died and they buried him in the garden of his palace. It is called Uzza's garden. His son Amon became king after him.
• 1 Kings 2:10Then David died. They buried him in the City of David.
• 1 Kings 14:31Rehoboam died and they buried him beside his ancestors in the City of David. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite woman. Her name was Naamah. Rehoboam's son Abijah became king after him.
• 2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was 32 years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. When he died, nobody was sad. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the place where they had buried the other kings.
• 2 Chronicles 26:23Uzziah died and they buried him near his ancestors. Because he had the terrible disease on his skin, they did not bury him beside the other kings that had died. Instead they buried him in a field for graves that belonged to the kings of Judah. His son Jotham became king after him.
• 2 Chronicles 28:27Ahaz died and his people buried him in the City of David. But they did not bury him near the graves of Israel's kings. His son Hezekiah became king after him.
• Jeremiah 22:19Instead, they will bury him like a dead donkey. They will pull his dead body to the city's gate. They will throw it on the ground outside Jerusalem.’
• 1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon's son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam's son was Abijah. Abijah's son was Asa. Asa's son was Jehoshaphat.
• 2 Chronicles 9:31Then he died. They buried him with his ancestors, in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam became king after him.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 43Solomon slept with his fathers - He died in almost the flower of his age, and, it appears unregretted. His government was no blessing to Israel; and laid, by its exactions and oppressions, the foundation of that schism which was so fatal to the unhappy people of Israel and Judah, and was the most powerful procuring cause of the miseries which have fallen upon the Jewish people from that time until now. I. It may now be necessary to give a more distinct…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-43Verses 41-43 Solomon's reign was as long as his father's, but his life was not so. Sin shortened his days. If the world, with all its advantages, could satisfy the soul, and afford real joy, Solomon would have found it so. But he was disappointed in all, and to warn us, has left this record of all earthly enjoyments, "Vanity and vexation of spirit." The New Testament declares that one greater than Solomon is come to reign over us, and to possess the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-43The brief summary of Solomon’s reign and death is similar to that of his father David (1 Kings 2:10–12). These summaries follow a typical pattern for the accounts of later kings. The Book of the Acts of Solomon was probably kept in a prophetic center or in palace and Temple archives. It provided information for the author of Kings but is now lost (compare 1 Kings 14:19, 29). Solomon ruled from 971 to 931 BC.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 11:43

• Israel
• Rehoboam

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings