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.
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.
40
He was buried in the family cemetery and his son Ahaziah was the next king.
41
Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he ruled for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
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