And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- KJV So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- NKJV So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- NASB So Ahab lay down with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.
- NLT So Ahab died, and his son Ahaziah became the next king.
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Ahab dies and his son Ahaziah succeeds him on Israel's throne.
Overview
The customary death formula closes Ahab's reign and notes the succession of Ahaziah. The transition shows the continuation of the dynasty Elijah had warned about. Ahaziah will soon prove that he walks in his parents' wicked ways (vv. 51-53).
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- 2 Kgs 1:2Now 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.”
- 1 Kgs 14:31And 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.
- 2 Sam 7:12And 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 Kgs 1:17So 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 Kgs 11:21When 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.”
- Deut 31:16And 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.
- 1 Kgs 22:51In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
- 1 Kgs 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 2 Chr 20:35Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
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