Discovery Box1 Kings 22:34-40 
Context22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, 1 and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 2 ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 3 because I’m wounded.” 22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot. 22:36 As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.” 22:37 So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. 4 22:38 They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); 5 dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. 6
22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 7 22:40 Ahab passed away. 8 His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “camp.”
4 tn Heb “and the king died and he came to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.”
5 tn Heb “now the prostitutes bathed.”
6 tn Heb “according to the word of the
7 tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
8 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
