1 Kings 2:1

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, ¹  he told ²  Solomon his son:

1 Kings 11:35

11:35 I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you. ³ 

1 Kings 11:43

11:43 Then Solomon passed away ⁴  and was buried in the city of his father David. ⁵  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ⁶ 

1 Kings 15:8

15:8 Abijah passed away ⁷  and was buried ⁸  in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

1 Kings 16:6

16:6 Baasha passed away ⁹  and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

1 Kings 16:28

16:28 Omri passed away ¹⁰  and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. ¹¹ 

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

[2:1]  ² tn Or “commanded.”

[11:35]  ³ tn Heb “and I will give it to you, ten tribes.”

[11:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:43]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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.”

[15:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”

[15:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

[16:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[16:28]  ¹² tc The Old Greek has eight additional verses here. Cf. 1 Kgs 22:41-44.