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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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1 Kings 22:40 In-Context
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They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves there), according to the word of the LORD which He spoke.
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
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Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.