1 Kings 2:10

David slept. The account of David’s death is very brief. The record of Chronicles adds only that “he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour” (1 Chron. 29:28).

Buried. Evidently in Mt. Zion, on royal ground near David’s palace (2 Sam. 5:9). The “sepulchres of David,” the tombs of the successors of David, are mentioned by Nehemiah (Neh. 3:16), and were probably south of the Temple (Eze. 43:7-9). They were undoubtedly excavated in the rock underlying Jerusalem. Josephus reports that the tomb was rifled for its treasures by Hyrcanus and later by Herod (Antiquities vii. 15. 3; xvi. 7. 1). It was in existence in NT times (Acts 2:29), but its exact location is at present unknown. The so-called Tombs of the Kings, once thought to be the mausoleum of the kings of Judah, actually dates from the 1st century A.D.