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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב דָּוִ֖ד עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃ (1 Kings 2:10) And David lay with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. 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. 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