Reference

1 Kings 14:31

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
29

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

30

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

31

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam 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" is a common idiom for death in ancient Near Eastern texts, and while it uses the word "slept," it functions as a direct statement of death rather than a metaphorical description of the state of being dead. The subsequent mention of burial reinforces the finality of death, not a temporary state of sleep.