1 Kings 2:10

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

Cross-reference

1 Kings 3:1 Historical context

1 Kings 3:1 narrates Solomon's marriage alliance after David's death, continuing the narrative sequence from 1 Kings 2:10.

1 Kings 11:43 uses the same 'slept with his fathers' phrase for Solomon's death, mirroring the formula for David's death.

1 Kings 1:21 uses the same phrase 'sleeps with his fathers' for David's death, identical to the idiom in 1 Kings 2:10.

1 Kings 11:21 explicitly recalls that David 'rested with his fathers', referencing the same death event from the main verse.

1 Kings 14:20 uses the identical 'slept with his fathers' formula for Jeroboam's death, mirroring David's burial notice.

1 Kings 22:40 applies the same 'slept with his fathers' formula to Ahab, continuing the pattern of royal death notices.

1 Kings 22:50 uses the same 'slept with his fathers' and 'buried in the city of David' phrasing for Jehoshaphat.

Acts 13:36 Allusion

Acts 13:36 states David fell asleep and was laid with his fathers, directly echoing the death account in 1 Kings 2:10.

Acts 2:29 Historical context

Acts 2:29 references David's death and burial, confirming the historical event recorded in 1 Kings 2:10.

1 Chronicles 29:28 describes David's death at a good old age, a parallel account of the same event in 1 Kings 2:10.

2 Kings 14:20 records Amaziah buried 'with his fathers in the city of David', echoing David's burial location.

2 Kings 20:21 uses the 'slept with his fathers' formula for Hezekiah, continuing the same death notice pattern.

2 Kings 13:13 applies the 'slept with his fathers' formula to Joash, buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 10:35 uses the 'slept with his fathers' formula for Jehu, though his burial is in Samaria rather than the City of David.

2 Kings 8:24 repeats the 'slept with his fathers' and 'buried in the city of David' formula for Joram.

2 Chronicles 9:31 uses the same 'slept with his fathers' formula for Solomon's death, showing a consistent royal burial pattern.

2 Chronicles 14:1 applies the same death formula to Abijah, another king buried in the city of David.

2 Chronicles 32:33 records Hezekiah's burial in the tombs of David, using the same 'slept with his fathers' phrasing.