John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:10
So David slept with his fathers ,.... Died as his ancestors before him did; for, buried with them he was not; and therefore cannot be understood of his lying with them in the grave, but in the state of the dead; he died according as the Jews say F17 T. Hieros. Chagigah, fol. 78. 1. on the day of Pentecost, and according to Bishop Usher F18 Anuals, &c.; p. 56. A. M. 2990, and before Christ 1014; and was buried in the city of David ; not at Bethlehem, in the sepulchre of... 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