1 Kings 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Kings 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions

1 Kings 11:23

11:23 God also brought against Solomon another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

1 Kings 11:43

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

1 Kings 14:26

14:26 He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:24

15:24 Asa passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.

1 Kings 22:50

22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away 10  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor 11  David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.


tn Heb “bent his heart.”

sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

tn Heb “him”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

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.

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.”

tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

10 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

11 tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”