Reference

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.
41

And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

42

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

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.

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Death as Sleep
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Death as Sleep

The phrase "slept with his fathers" could be interpreted as a euphemism for death that does not necessarily imply a literal state of sleep, but rather a common idiom for joining one's ancestors in death, without specific reference to the state of the deceased.