1 Kings 22 · Verse 40

1 Kings 22:40

So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 22:40, King James Version

1 Kings 22:40 in other translations

BSBAnd Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
WEBSo Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
ASVSo Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
YLTAnd Ahab lieth with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigneth in his stead.
DARBYAnd Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
BBESo Ahab was put to rest with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
WebsterSo Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

What does 1 Kings 22:40 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 22:29-40

Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who has been false to his God! He had said in compliment to Ahab, I am as thou art, and now he was indeed taken for him. Those that associate with evil-doers, are in danger of sharing in their plagues. By Jehoshaphat's…

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1 Kings 22:40 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בvai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
אַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvAhabH256
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427
אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huAhaziahH274
בְנ֖וֹve.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃\ \פtach.Tavin place of himH8478

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Cross references for 1 Kings 22:40

  • 1 Kings 2:10

    So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

  • 2 Kings 1:2

    And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

  • Deuteronomy 31:16

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

  • 1 Kings 22:51

    Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

  • 2 Kings 1:17

    So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • 1 Kings 11:21

    And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

  • 2 Samuel 7:12

    And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:35

    And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

  • 1 Kings 14:31

    And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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slept.
2:10; 11:21; 14:31; De 31:16; 2Sa 7:12
Ahaziah.
51; 2Ki 1:2,17; 2Ch 20:35

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Context

  • 1 Kings 22:39

    Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • 1 Kings 22:40

    So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 22:41

    And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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1 Kings 22:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y durmió Achâb con sus padres, y reinó en su lugar Ochôzías su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Achab s’endormit avec ses pères; et Achazia, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Ahab legte sich zu seinen Vätern. Und Ahasja, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dormivit ergo Achab cum patribus suis, et regnavit Ochozias filius ejus pro eo.