And Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David; and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David his father. And it came to pass when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard [of it], even while he was yet in Egypt as he fled from the face of Solomon and dwelt in Egypt, he straightway came into his own city, into the land of Sarira in the mount of Ephraim. And King Solomon slept with his fathers, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David: and Abijam his son reigned in his place.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, and while Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which He made with David, and as He said to him that He would give a light to him and his sons forever.