1 Kings 2:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב דָּוִ֖ד עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעִ֥יר דָּוִֽד

Transliteration

And yiškab dāwid with ʿim-ʾăbōtāyw and yiqqābēr in bəʿîr dāwid

Grammar Details

*yiškab*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he lay down/slept
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*ʿim-ʾăbōtāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix and prefixed preposition im - with his fathers
*yiqqābēr*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he was buried
*bəʿîr*: feminine singular construct with prefixed preposition bet - in the city of

Word Meanings

*yiškab*: lay down/slept/died/rested
*ʿim-ʾăbōtāyw*: with his fathers/ancestors/forefathers
*yiqqābēr*: was buried/was entombed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 3:1 : 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Acts 2:29 : 29 {G435} Brethren, I may say unto {G3326} you freely of the patriarch David, that he {G5053} both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
1 Kgs 11:43 : 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chr 11:7 : 7 And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chr 29:28 : 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 11:43
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43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 9:31
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31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Acts 13:36
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36For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts 2:29
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29{G435} Brethren, I may say unto {G3326} you freely of the patriarch David, that he {G5053} both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
1 Kgs 2:11
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11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 22:50
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50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 12:16
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16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 21:1
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1And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chr 29:28
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28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 24:16
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16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
2 Kgs 8:24
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24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 15:24
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24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 14:1
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1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
1 Kgs 15:8
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8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
2 Sam 2:5
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5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Chr 27:9
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9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Sam 2:3
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3And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
2 Kgs 16:20
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20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 22:37
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37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
2 Chr 21:20
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20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
1 Kgs 2:1
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1Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 Kgs 15:7
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7And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chr 11:7
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7And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Kgs 22:40
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40So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 2:34
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34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kgs 2:9
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9Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.
1 Kgs 2:31
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31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
2 Chr 32:33
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33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Sam 13:39
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39And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
2 Chr 28:27
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27And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 15:38
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38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chr 23:1
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1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Kgs 2:6
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6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
2 Sam 2:32
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32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.
2 Kgs 10:35
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35And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kgs 13:31
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31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
2 Sam 5:4
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4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
2 Kgs 14:20
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20And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
1 Kgs 16:28
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28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
2 Sam 12:24
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24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
2 Kgs 22:20
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20Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
2 Kgs 20:21
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21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 13:13
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13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
1 Kgs 11:21
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1 Sam 24:22
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22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.
2 Kgs 24:6
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6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr 16:13
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13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
2 Sam 21:12
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12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;
2 Sam 11:9
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9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.