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

41Aren’t the rest of Solomon’s acts—everything he did—and his wisdom written in the records of Solomon? 42The length of Solomon’s reign in Jerusalem over all Israel was 40 years. Solomon lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.

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 1:21Otherwise, my son Solomon and I will be treated like criminals when you lie down in death with your ancestors.”
• 1 Kings 14:20Jeroboam ruled for 22 years. Then he lay down in death with his ancestors. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.
• 1 Kings 15:8Abijam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa succeeded him as king.
• 1 Kings 16:6Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.
• Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you are going to lie down in death with your ancestors. When these people enter the land and are living among the foreigners there, they will chase after foreign gods as though they were prostitutes. They will abandon me and reject the promise I made to them.
• 2 Kings 16:20Ahaz lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
• 2 Kings 20:21Hezekiah lay down in death with his ancestors. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.
• 2 Kings 21:18Manasseh lay down in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the garden of his own palace, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him as king.
• 1 Kings 2:10David lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
• 1 Kings 14:31Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. (His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.) His son Abijam succeeded him as king.
• 2 Chronicles 21:20He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled for 8 years in Jerusalem. No one was sorry to see him die. He was buried in the City of David but not in the tombs of the kings.
• 2 Chronicles 26:23Uzziah lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in a field containing tombs that belonged to the kings. People said, “He had a skin disease.” His son Jotham succeeded him as king.
• 2 Chronicles 28:27Ahaz lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem because they didn’t put him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
• Jeremiah 22:19He will receive a donkey’s burial. He will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of 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 9:31Solomon lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.

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