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A dignified funeral procession bears David’s shrouded body toward a tomb in the city of David. No exposed corpse or invented named mourners.
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1 Kings 2:10-11

David is buried

The Kingdom Is Established · 1 Kings 2

Story guide: A procession carries David's shrouded body toward a tomb in the city of David, marking the end of a forty-year reign; the mourners are unnamed, as the passage names none.

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10Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

11The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years. In Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

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