1 Kings 22:40

40 So Ahab slept with his ancestors, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

1 Kings 22:40 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:40

So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in
his stead,
] Of whom more is said in the latter part of this chapter, and in the following book.

1 Kings 22:40 In-Context

38 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked his blood (now, the prostitutes washed themselves [there]) according to the word of Yahweh which he had spoken.
39 The remainder of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the ivory palace and all the cities that he built, [are] they not written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his ancestors, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
41 Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

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