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1 Kings 22:39

in 1 Kings 22

As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

KJV

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?

This verse in 1 Kings 22

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The ivory house - So called from the character of its ornamentation. Ivory was largely used in the ancient world as a covering of wood-work, and seems to have been applied, not only to furniture, but to the doors and walls of houses. Nothing is known of the cities built by Ahab; but the fact is important as indicating the general prosperity of the country in his time, and his own activity as a ruler.

This site's exposition

the ivory house which he

on 1 Kings 22:39-40

The closing formula names Ahab's ivory house among his works, the same kind of luxury Amos 6:4 later condemns in Israel's houses of ivory, before the reign passes without further comment to his son Ahaziah. Twenty-two years end in one summary sentence and a burial.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:98%@v45-47

Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Ivory house - A royal palace which he built in Samaria, decorated with ivory, and hence called the ivory house. Amos the prophet speaks against this luxury, Amo 3:15.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיֶתֶר֩and [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֨י[the] matters of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • אַחְאָ֜בAhab

    ʾachavH25692 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רthat

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • עָשָׂ֗הhe did

    ʾasahH62132628 times

  • וּבֵ֤יתand [the] house of

    uveitH10042046 times

  • הַשֵּׁן֙<the> ivory

    hashenH8127

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • בָּנָ֔הhe built

    banahH1129376 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • הֶעָרִ֖יםthe cities

    hearimH58921090 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • בָּנָ֑הhe built

    banahH1129376 times

  • הֲלֽוֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H38085168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH31172304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH44282525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 45:8

    All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

    it leads to

    • Song of Solomon 1:3

      The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

    • 2 Corinthians 2:14–16

      But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

    • John 19:39

      Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

  • Through

    Amos 3:15

    I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 36:22

      Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

    • Amos 6:11

      For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

    • Isaiah 5:9

      I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 27:6

    Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 2:13

      against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

    • Genesis 10:4

      And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Death of Ahab — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Ahab — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.