2:10 Then David passed away 1 and was buried in the city of David. 2
1 tn Heb “and David lay down with his fathers.”
2 sn The phrase the city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
4 sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
5 tc Before this sentence the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it so happened that when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard – now he was in Egypt where he had fled from before Solomon and was residing in Egypt – he came straight to his city in the land of Sarira which is on mount Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers.”
6 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
7 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
8 tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.