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.
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The men cleaned Ahab's chariot at a pool in Samaria where prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked his blood from the chariot. These things happened as the Lord had said they would.
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Everything else Ahab did is written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel. It tells about the palace Ahab built and decorated with ivory and the cities he built.
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So Ahab died, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.
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Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah during Ahab's fourth year as king of Israel.
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Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.