And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
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- WEB Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 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.
- 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.
- NASB Then Solomon lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- NLT When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.
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Solomon dies and is buried in Jerusalem, and his son Rehoboam succeeds him. It marks the transition to a new and troubled reign.
Overview
With Solomon's death and burial in the city of David, the throne passes to Rehoboam. This succession sets the stage for the crisis at Shechem and the splitting of the kingdom. The peaceful transfer of power belies the upheaval soon to come as the consequences of Solomon's idolatry unfold.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 21:18And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- Matt 1:7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
- 1 Kgs 14:31And 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.
- 2 Chr 28:27And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chr 13:7Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
- 2 Chr 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chr 9:31And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
- 1 Kgs 16:6And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 15:8And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
- Jer 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- 1 Chr 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 2 Kgs 16:20And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
- Matt 1:5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
- 2 Kgs 21:26And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chr 26:23And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
- 1 Kgs 14:20–21And 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 Kgs 15:24And 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.
- Deut 31:16And 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.
- 2 Kgs 20:21And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
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