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Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
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Death as a Peaceful Sleep
Commentators note that the phrase "sleep with his fathers" is a common euphemism for death in the Old Testament, particularly for kings. While not containing the full New Testament understanding of death as a "sleep in Jesus," scholars suggest it points to a rudimentary belief in death as a state of rest rather than complete annihilation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall sleep - This euphemism for death, rare in the early Scriptures—being found only once in the Pentateuch (as noted in a margin reference…
19th Century
Anglican
Shall sleep with his fathers. — Here this phrase, so constantly used in the record of the death of the kings, occurs in t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers T…
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