"And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead." — The *death formula*: Solomon *slept with his fathers*, was *buried in Jerusalem*, and *Rehoboam succeeded him*. The *succession is immediate and undisputed*, yet the *subsequent chapter* (1 Kings 12) will recount how *Rehoboam's foolish decisions provoke the kingdom's *division*, fulfilling *Ahijah's prophetic tearing of the garment*. The *Solomonic glory—wisdom, wealth, and unification—gives way to *national *fragmentation and *decline*. Solomon's *apostasy* brings *judgment not to himself but to his *son and the kingdom's future*.

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