1 Kings 22:37

37 Once the king had died, people came from Samaria and buried the king there.

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 While the battle raged all that day, the king stood propped up in the chariot facing the Arameans. But that evening he died after his blood had poured from his wound into the chariot.

36 When the sun set, a shout spread throughout the camp: "Retreat to your towns! Retreat to your land!"

37 Once the king had died, people came from Samaria and buried the king there.

38 They cleaned the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up the king's blood and the prostitutes bathed in it, just as the LORD had spoken.

39 The rest of Ahab's deeds and all that he did—including the ivory palace he built and all the towns he constructed—aren't they written in the official records of Israel's kings?