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.
39. Everything else that King Ahab did, including an account of his palace decorated with ivory and all the cities he built, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
40. At his death his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.
41. In the fourth year of the reign of King Ahab of Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah
42. at the age of 35, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 25 years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43. Like his father Asa before him, he did what was right in the sight of the Lord; but the places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
44. Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45. Everything else that Jehoshaphat did, all his bravery and his battles, are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
46. He got rid of all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan altars who were still left from the days of his father Asa.
47. The land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a deputy appointed by the king of Judah.
48. King Jehoshaphat built ocean-going ships to sail to the land of Ophir for gold; but they were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.