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Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 2:10 In-Context
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“And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’
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But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”
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Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.
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He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
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So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.