35. While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.
36. As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.”
37. So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him.
38. They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen.
39. The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
40. Ahab passed away. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.
41. In the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah.
42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.