John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:11
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years ,.... So says Eupolemus F19 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30. , an Heathen writer, which are thus reckoned: seven years reigned he in Hebron ; the six months over are omitted, 2 Samuel 5:5 ; this part of his reign was over Judah only: and thirty three years reigned he in Jerusalem ; over the twelve tribes, in all forty, which round number is only given; though in fact he reigned six months more. 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