33. they realized that he was not the king of Israel, and they stopped their attack.
34. By chance, however, a Syrian soldier shot an arrow which struck King Ahab between the joints of his armour. “I'm wounded!” he cried out to his chariot driver. “Turn round and pull out of the battle!”
35. While the battle raged on, King Ahab remained propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians. The blood from his wound ran down and covered the bottom of the chariot, and at evening he died.
36. Near sunset the order went out through the Israelite ranks: “Every man go back to his own country and city!”
37. So died King Ahab. His body was taken to Samaria and buried.
38. His chariot was cleaned up at the pool of Samaria, where dogs licked up his blood and prostitutes washed themselves, as the Lord had said would happen.