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1 Kings 2:10
“David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 2
Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.
Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.
David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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