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Introduction: Death and Dynastic Transition in the Deuteronomistic History 1 Kings 2:10 marks the conclusion of King David’s life and the formal transition to Solomon’s reign. The verse reads: וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב דָּוִ֖ד עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃ And David lay with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. This verse utilizes two wayyiqtol verb forms (וַיִּשְׁכַּב, וַיִּקָּבֵר) in a sequential narrative formula that appears repeatedly throughout Kings and Chronicles to mark the death of a monarch. The language is stylized, conveying both theological and dynastic continuity through grammar and idiom.… Learn Hebrew