So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- BSB And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 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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Quick answer
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 1:2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
- 1 Kgs 14:31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Sam 7:12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Kgs 1:17So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 1 Kgs 11:21And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
- Deut 31:16And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
- 1 Kgs 22:51Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
- 1 Kgs 2:10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 2 Chr 20:35And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
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