1 Kings 22:39

37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.

38 Then someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood while¹ the harlots bathed, according ^ato the word of the Lord which He had spoken.

39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, ^athe 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?

40 So Ahab rested with his fathers. Then ^aAhaziah his son reigned in his place.

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

41 ^aJehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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Barnes' Notes

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1 Kings 22:39

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. Prosperity, it is plain, may for a while co-exist with causes - such as, the decay of religions - which are sapping the vital power of a nation, and leading it surely, if slowly, to destruction.

The book of the chronicles ... - See above, I Kings 14:19; I Kings 15:31; I Kings 16:5, I Kings 16:14, I Kings 16:20, I Kings 16:27.

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