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1 Kings 22:37 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 37. 37So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Ahab's death fulfills the blood word and closes his reign.”
Samaria buries Ahab, and dogs lick the washed chariot
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 22:37–40. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 22:37–40
Read 1 Kings 22:37 with 22:37–40. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Brings Ahab's body to Samaria for burial; closes Ahab's reign and installs his son Ahaziah.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Ahab's death fulfills the blood word and closes his reign,” 1 Kings 22:37 opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech through the wording “So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The death notice joins the battle report to Elijah's blood judgment while retaining textual details and the difference between Ahab's responsibility and later dynastic fulfillment.
Read 1 Kings 22:37–40 together
Why these verses belong together: Ahab's death fulfills the blood word and closes his reign is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 22:37–22:40.
Verse 37. 37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
Verse 38. 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.
Verse 39. 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?
Verse 40. 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Follow the Context
- Brings Ahab's body to Samaria for burial
- Closes Ahab's reign and installs his son Ahaziah
What This Verse Is Not Saying
1 Kings 22:37 does not permit the wording “So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria” to be read apart from the selected verse's context. The unit does not authorize lying, coercive obedience tests, imprisonment of dissenters, lethal prophetic imitation, or certainty beyond what the narrated word, sign, and outcome establish.
What Remains True
Truthful witness may confront power without making every messenger, method, or claimed revelation morally infallible. This unit tests that truth through brings Ahab's body to Samaria for burial; closes Ahab's reign and installs his son Ahaziah. In 1 Kings 22:37, the concrete line “So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Teach It Back
In 70–220 words, explain 1 Kings 22:37's role in 22:37–40. Paraphrase “So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria,” identify one agent or affected person, state one material source or historical limit, and name one conclusion the context does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 22:37–40, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 22:37–40
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 625–627, translation and translator notes for 22:37–40
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