34. However, during the fighting a soldier shot an arrow without even aiming, and it hit Ahab where two pieces of his armour joined. He shouted to his chariot driver, “I've been hit! Get me out of here!”
35. The fighting lasted all day, with Ahab propped up in his chariot so he could see the Syrian troops. He bled so much that the bottom of the chariot was covered with blood, and by evening he was dead.
36. As the sun was going down, someone in Israel's army shouted to the others, “Retreat! Go back home!”
37. Ahab's body was taken to Samaria and buried there.