37. Ahab's body was taken to Samaria and buried there.
38. Some workers washed his chariot near a spring in Samaria, and prostitutes washed themselves in his blood. Dogs licked Ahab's blood off the ground, just as the Lord had warned.
39. Everything else Ahab did while he was king, including the towns he strengthened and the palace he built and furnished with ivory, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
40. Ahab died, and his son Ahaziah became king.
41. Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah in Ahab's fourth year as king of Israel.
42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled from Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.