1 Kings 22:40
So Ahab slept with his fathers,—and, Ahaziah his son, reigned, in his stead.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
In Context
41Now, Jehoshaphat son of Asa, began to reign over Judah,—in the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:16Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers,—and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised with them.
1 Kings 2:10So then David slept with his fathers,—and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 11:43So then Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father,—and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 22:51Ahaziah son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel, in Samaria, in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,—and reigned over Israel, two years.
2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which was in Samaria, and became sick,—so he sent messengers, and said unto them—Go enquire of Baalzebub, god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.
2 Chronicles 20:35Yet, after this, did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel,—he, was lawless in his doings;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:30-41
Ahab's Death. ( b. c. 897.) 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the… Read the whole commentary →