John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:1
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die ,.... The number of his days fixed and determined by the Lord, Job 14:5 ; and which might be perceived as drawing nigh, both by himself and others, through the growing infirmities of old age, decline of nature, and various symptoms of an approaching dissolution which were upon him; see Genesis 47:29 . Abarbinel observes, that he is called only David, not King David; because Solomon his son was now anointed king, and reigned in his stead;... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:1-11
David, that great and good man, is here a dying man (1 Kgs. 2:1), and a dead man, 1 Kgs. 2:10. It is well there is another life after this, for death stains all the glory of this, and lays it in the dust. We have here, I. The charge and instructions which David, when he was dying, gave to Solomon, his son and declared successor. He feels himself declining, and is not backward to own it, nor afraid to hear or speak of dying: I go the way of all the earth, 1 Kgs. 2:2. Heb. I am walking in it.... read more