30. Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you, put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
31. Now the king of Aram had commanded his 32 chariot commanders saying, “Do no single combat with anyone, small or great—except the king of Israel.”
32. So when the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel!” and they turned aside to do combat with him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
33. When the captains of the chariots realized that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
34. But a man drew his bow aimlessly and struck the king of Israel between the lower armor and the breastplate. Then he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I’m wounded.”
35. The battle raged that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. But he died at evening—and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
36. As the sun was setting, a shout went throughout the army, saying, “Each man to his town, and each man to his land!”
37. So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38. Then they washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria where the harlots washed and the dogs licked up his blood—just as was the word of Adonai that He had spoken.
39. Now the rest of Ahab’s deeds and all he did, including the ivory palace he built and all the cities he fortified, are they not written in Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
40. So Ahab slept with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.
41. Now Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42. Jehoshaphat was 35 years old when he became king, and he reigned 25 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43. He walked in all the ways of his father Asa, not straying from them, but doing what was right in Adonai’s eyes.
44. However, they did not take away the high places, and the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.