1 Kings 22:40

Translations

Modern

And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

Traditional

So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Literal

And Ahab rested with his fathers. And Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

Latin

Dormivit ergo Achab cum patribus suis, et regnavit Ochozias filius ejus pro eo.

Original

Hebrew

English

And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

Notes

1 Kings 22:39–40

Archaeologists have found Ahab's palace and a nearby pool at Samaria. The palace is described as ivory, likely due to its ivory-covered furniture and wall panels. The building's exterior, made of shiny white limestone, also gave it an ivory-like appearance.

Theme notes and profiles

Ahab Jehoshaphat Jezebel

Related verses

1 Kings 14:31
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
1 Kings 11:21
When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
2 Chronicles 20:35
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
1 Kings 22:51
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
2 Kings 1:17
So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 18:28–34

People

Ahab: Wicked king of Israel; husband of Jezebel Ahaziah: King of Israel, son of Ahab

Glossary

Ahab (King) Gilead (Place) Jehoram Jehoshaphat (Person) Jezebel Kings, Books of First and Second Naboth Ramoth-Gilead

Topics

Ahab: King of Israel: Succeeded by his Son, Ahaziah Ahaziah: King of Israel: History of The Armies of Israel: Often Led by the King in Person

1 Kings 22:40

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