1 Kings 22:39

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֶתֶר֩ דִּבְרֵ֨י אַחְאָ֜ב וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה וּבֵ֤ית הַשֵּׁן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֔ה וְכָל־הֶעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֑ה הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-remainder diḇrê ʾaḥʾāḇ and-all-which ʿāśāh and-bêt haššēn which bānāh and-all-heʿārîm which bānāh, are-not-they kətuḇîm on-sēp̄er diḇrê hayyāmîm for-malkê yiśrāʾēl?

Grammar Details

• *diḇrê*: construct state, masculine plural - words/matters/chronicles of
• *ʾaḥʾāḇ*: proper noun - Ahab
• *ʿāśāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/made
• *bêt*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
• *haššēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the ivory
• *bānāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he built
• *heʿārîm*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the cities
• *kətuḇîm*: Qal passive participle, masculine plural - written
• *sēp̄er*: construct state, masculine singular - book/scroll of
• *hayyāmîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the days
• *malkê*: construct state, masculine plural - kings of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *diḇrê*: words/matters/acts/affairs
• *ʿāśāh*: did/made/accomplished
• *haššēn*: ivory/tooth
• *diḇrê* *hayyāmîm*: chronicles/annals/records of the days

Referenced Verses

• Amos 3:15 : 15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
• Amos 6:4 : 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
• 1 Kgs 10:18 : 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
• 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
• 1 Kgs 14:19 : 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 15:23 : 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
• 1 Kgs 15:31 : 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 1 Kgs 16:5 : 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 1 Kgs 16:20 : 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 1 Kgs 16:27 : 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• Ps 45:8 : 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad{H8765)}.
• Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
• Ezek 27:15 : 15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.