1 Kings 22:40 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

1 Kings 22:40 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 22:40 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 22:40 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.”

1 Kings 22:40 — World English Bible

1 Kings 22:40 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

1 Kings 22:40 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 22:40 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Ahab lieth with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigneth in his stead.”

1 Kings 22:40 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 22:40 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.”

1 Kings 22:40 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 22:40 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his sonne reigned in his stead.”

1 Kings 22:40 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 22:40 in Context — 1 Kings 22

38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.

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?

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

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

42 Jehoshaphat 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.

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What Does 1 Kings 22:40 Mean?

1 Kings 22:40 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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