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So died King Ahab. His body was taken to Samaria and buried.

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.

Everything else that King Ahab did, including an account of his palace decorated with ivory and of all the cities he built, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

At his death his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.

at the age of thirty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

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.

Everything else that Jehoshaphat did, all his bravery and his battles, are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.

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.

Then King Ahaziah of Israel offered to let his men sail with Jehoshaphat's men, but Jehoshaphat refused the offer.

Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king.

He sinned against the Lord , following the wicked example of his father Ahab, his mother Jezebel, and King Jeroboam, who had led Israel into sin.

He worshiped and served Baal, and like his father before him, he aroused the anger of the Lord , the God of Israel.

King Ahaziah of Israel fell off the balcony on the roof of his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent some messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, in order to find out whether or not he would recover.

"If I am a man of God," Elijah answered, "may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!" At once fire came down and killed the officer and his men.

"If I am a man of God," Elijah answered, "may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!" At once the fire of God came down and killed the officer and his men.

Once more the king sent an officer with fifty men. He went up the hill, fell on his knees in front of Elijah, and pleaded, "Man of God, be merciful to me and my men. Spare our lives!

Ahaziah died, as the Lord had said through Elijah. Ahaziah had no sons, so his brother Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

Then Elijah took off his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it; the water divided, and he and Elisha crossed to the other side on dry ground.

Elisha saw it and cried out to Elijah, "My father, my father! Mighty defender of Israel! You are gone!" And he never saw Elijah again. In grief Elisha tore his cloak in two.

He sinned against the Lord , but he was not as bad as his father or his mother Jezebel; he pulled down the image his father had made for the worship of Baal.