1 Kings 11:42-43

11:42 Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem ¹  for forty years. 11:43 Then Solomon passed away ²  and was buried in the city of his father David. ³  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ⁴ 

[11:42]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:43]  ² tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:43]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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.”