36. Just as the sun was setting, the cry ran through his troops: “We’re done for! Run for your lives!”
37. So the king died, and his body was taken to Samaria and buried there.
38. Then his chariot was washed beside the pool of Samaria, and dogs came and licked his blood at the place where the prostitutes bathed, just as the lord had promised.
39. The rest of the events in Ahab’s reign and everything he did, including the story of the ivory palace and the towns he built, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
40. So Ahab died, and his son Ahaziah became the next king.
41. Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to rule over Judah in the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign in Israel.
42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43. Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the lord’s sight. During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
44. Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.