פּירוש אויף מלכים א 2:1

“When David’s life was drawing to a close, he instructed his son Solomon, saying” [2:1]. When the time for David to die drew close, he instructed his son Solomon.

“When David’s time drew near” [2:1]. The Rabbati writes that every righteous person about whom it is written “drew near to die” did not live as long as his parents, since his parents lived for a long time. Boaz, Oved and Jesse⁹David’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father. lived for four hundred years and David only lived for seventy years.¹⁰Genesis Rabbah, 96.4.