1 Kings 1:21
Context1:21 If a decision is not made, 1 when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, 2 my son Solomon and I 3 will be considered state criminals.” 4
1 Kings 2:10
Context2:10 Then David passed away 5 and was buried in the city of David. 6
1 Kings 11:43
Context11:43 Then Solomon passed away 7 and was buried in the city of his father David. 8 His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. 9
[1:21] 1 tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.
[1:21] 2 tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”
[1:21] 3 tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[1:21] 4 tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”
[2:10] 5 tn Heb “and David lay down with his fathers.”
[2:10] 6 sn The phrase the city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[11:43] 7 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[11:43] 8 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.
[11:43] 9 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.”