Reference

2 Chronicles 14:1

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
1

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

2

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:

3

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

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Death as Sleep
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Death as Sleep

The phrase "slept with his fathers" is an idiom for death, not a literal description of sleep. The subsequent mention of burial confirms the finality of death rather than suggesting a temporary state like sleep.