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1 Kings 22:40

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What does 1 Kings 22:40 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 22:40 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 22

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots washed themselves [there]); according unto the word of Jehovah which he spake.
39Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother`s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead,] Of whom more is said in the latter part of this chapter, and in the following book.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“slept: Kg1 2:10, Kg1 11:21, Kg1 14:31; Deu 31:16; Sa2 7:12 Ahaziah: Kg1 22:51; Kg2 1:2, Kg2 1:17; Ch2 20:35 3 Kings (1 Kings) 22:41”
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