1 Kings 2:10

“So David slept with his fathers, etc.] Died as his ancestors before him did; for, buried with them he was not; and therefore cannot be understood of his lying with them in the grave, but in the state of the dead; he died according as the Jews say f23 on the day of Pentecost, and according to Bishop Usher f24 A. M. 2990, and before Christ 1014; and was buried in the city of David; not at Bethlehem, in the sepulchre of Jesse, who was a private man; but being a king, in his own city, the hold of Zion he took from the Jebusite, and which afterwards was called by his name, (<100507>2 Samuel 5:7); and his sepulchre remained unto the times of the apostles, upwards of a thousand years, (see Gill on…”

“So David slept with his fathers--about six months after the coronation of Solomon (compare Sa2 5:5 with Ch1 29:27). The interval was spent in developing his ideas and plans for the future glory of the kingdom and providing for the permanent worship of God (see on Ch1 22:1, and following). was buried in the city of David--Sepulchres were not allowed within the precincts of cities. Jerusalem, however, formed an exception; and yet, even there, the privilege was reserved chiefly for the royal family (Act 2:29). Tradition says that the bones of David repose on Mount Zion, and the minaret of a small mosque points out the spot which tradition has fixed. His was a noble, a wondrous, and a humbling…”

“2:10-12 David died peacefully after a forty-year reign, knowing that the kingdom was firmly established in Solomon, his designated heir. Various locations have been proposed for David’s tomb, but none has been confirmed (cp. Acts 2:29). Royal tombs were used at least until Hezekiah’s days (2 Kgs 20:21).”

“So David: Kg1 1:21; Ch1 29:28; Act 2:29, Act 13:36 the city: Kg1 3:1, Kg1 11:43; Sa2 5:7; Ch1 11:7 3 Kings (1 Kings) 2:11”