1 Kings 22:37

37 The king is dead!"

1 Kings 22:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:37

So the king died, and they brought him to Samaria
In the chariot he died in:

and they buried the king in Samaria;
where his father Omri was buried, ( 1 Kings 16:28 ) .

1 Kings 22:37 In-Context

35 All day the fighting continued, hot and heavy. Propped up in his chariot, the king watched from the sidelines. He died that evening. Blood from his wound pooled in the chariot.

36 As the sun went down, shouts reverberated through the ranks, "Abandon camp! Head for home!

37 The king is dead!"

38 They washed down the chariot at the pool of Samaria where the town whores bathed, and the dogs lapped up the blood, just as God's word had said.

39 The rest of Ahab's life - everything he did, the ivory palace he built, the towns he founded, and the defense system he built up - is all written up in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.