Ahab passed away. ¹  His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

When David was close to death, ¹  he told ²  Solomon his son:

I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you. ¹ 

Then Solomon passed away ¹  and was buried in the city of his father David. ²  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ³ 

Abijah passed away ¹  and was buried ²  in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

Baasha passed away ¹  and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

Omri passed away ¹  and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. ² 

Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. ¹  His son Nadab replaced him as king.

Rehoboam passed away ¹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ²  replaced him as king.

Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty ¹  in Jerusalem by giving him a son ²  to succeed him ³  and by protecting Jerusalem. ⁴ 

Asa passed away ¹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.

Jehoshaphat passed away ¹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor ²  David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, ¹  named Genubath. Tahpenes raised ²  him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons.

Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. ¹  When his sons came home, they told their father ²  everything the prophet ³  had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. ⁴ 

This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ¹ 

“Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ¹  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ²