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And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 11:43 · King James Version
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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.
  • BSB And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
  • 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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Quick answer

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

Cross-references · 21

  • 2 Kgs 21:18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1 Kgs 2:10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
  • Matt 1:7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
  • 1 Kgs 14:31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Chr 28:27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Chr 13:7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
  • 2 Chr 21:20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
  • 2 Chr 9:31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1 Kgs 1:21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
  • 1 Kgs 16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1 Kgs 15:8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
  • Jer 22:19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
  • 1 Chr 3:10And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
  • 2 Kgs 16:20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • Matt 1:5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
  • 2 Kgs 21:26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Chr 26:23So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1 Kgs 14:20–21And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1 Kgs 15:24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
  • Deut 31:16And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
  • 2 Kgs 20:21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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Christ at the center

Solomon's glory, wisdom, and temple where God's presence dwells are a shadow of the greater Son of David — 'one greater than Solomon is here' — and of the true Temple, Christ himself.

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