So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Parallel translations
- WEB David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
- BSB Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- NKJV So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.
- NASB Then David lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
- NLT Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
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Quick answer
David dies and is buried in the City of David. The great king passes into rest with his ancestors.
Overview
The narrator records David's death and burial in Jerusalem, closing the life of Israel's foremost king. The phrase 'slept with his fathers' gently expresses death as rest, while his burial in the city he captured marks his lasting legacy. Yet David's death also underscores the need for the everlasting King promised from his line.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- 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 11:43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chr 29:28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Sam 5:7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- 1 Kgs 3:1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
- 1 Chr 11:7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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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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