John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 11:43

"And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead." — 1 Kings 11:43 (ASV)

And Solomon slept with his fathers
Died as they did:

and was buried in the city of David his father ;
not in Bethlehem, but Zion, (1 Kings 2:10)

and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead ;
of whom more in the following chapter. Though nothing is said of Solomon's repentance, there is no doubt but he was a good man, repented of his sins, and was saved; as may be concluded from the commendations of him after his death, (2 Chronicles 11:17) from the promise of God that he made, that his mercy should not depart from him, though he chastised him, (2 Samuel 7:14 2 Samuel 7:15) from his being an inspired writer, who were all holy men, (2 Peter 1:20) , and especially from his writing the book of Ecclesiastes after his fall, which contains a full acknowledgment of all his evils, a recantation of them, and repentance for them. Abulpharagius ^F2 , an Arabic writer, rashly asserts that he died without repentance.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 55.