Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Kings 22:39
Verse 39. 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, Amos 3:15.
Verse 39. 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, Amos 3:15.
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...
CHAPTER 22 THE DEATH OF AHAB _ 1. Jehoshaphat and Ahab (1 Kings 22:1)_ 2. The prophet Micaiah (1 Kings 22:13) 3. The battle and Ahab's death (1 Kings 22:29) 4. Jehoshaphat of Judah ...
AHAB'S ATTACK ON RAMOTH-GILEAD AND HIS DEATH. The death of Ahab must have taken place before or during the year 854 B.C., when the battle of Qarqara was fought, and his name is mentioned in the Assyri...
_the ivory house that he made_[R.V. BUILT] The verb is the same as in the next clause. The house was of course not of ivory, but largely adorned with it. That such adornment prevailed in Oriental land...
E. CONCLUDING NOTE ON THE REIGN OF AHAB 22:39-40 TRANSLATION (39) And the rest of the deeds of Ahab and all which he did, and the house of ivory which he built, and all the cities which he built, ar...
_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?_...
AHAB AND MICAIAH. AHAB'S DEATH AT RAMOTH-GLLEAD. REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT, KING OF JUDAH 1. Three years] probably calculated from the peace described in 1 Kings 20:34....
THE IVORY HOUSE, etc.] For the use of ivory in building see Amos 3:15; Psalms 45:8. Though Ahab by his alliance with Zidon had corrupted the religion of the nation, he must have augmented its material...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 THE *PROPHET MICAIAH V1 There was peace between Syria and *Israel for almost three years. V2 In the third year Jehoshaphat, king of *...
THE IVORY HOUSE. — See Amos 3:15. We note that now, for the first time since the days of Solomon (1 Kings 10:18), the use of ivory — in this case for inlaying the walls of houses — so characteristic o...
וְ יֶתֶר֩ דִּבְרֵ֨י אַחְאָ֜ב וְ כָל ־אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD 1 Kings 22:1 "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesied lies in My name...
THE BOW AT A VENTURE EXECUTES GOD'S SENTENCE 1 Kings 22:29 The cup of Ahab's sins was full, and the arrow at a venture executed divine retribution. Had Micaiah not spoken, men would have attributed t...
The final movement in the downfall of Ahab is here chronicled. Jehoshaphat visited Ahab, who suggested the alliance against the king of Syria. Jehoshaphat suggested an appeal to Jehovah. Ahab produced...
_Of ivory. The palace was greatly adorned with it, (see Amos iii. 15., and Psalm xliv. 9.; Calmet) like the palace of Solomon, chap. x. 18. Pliny (xvi. 43.) speaks of bedsteads and vehicles of ivory,...
(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. (39) Now the rest of the acts...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
The last chapter presents another element of this history, namely, the guilty alliances which were formed between the royal families of Israel and Judah. Both of them prosperous at this period, they s...
NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF AHAB, AND ALL THAT HE DID, AND THE IVORY HOUSE WHICH HE MADE,.... Which, being a very curious and extraordinary thing, is particularly mentioned; though perhaps it might no...
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?...
_The ivory house which he made_ Not that it was wholly made of solid ivory, but the other materials used in building it were covered, or intermixed, or adorned with ivory. It appears by this short his...
1 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slaine at Ramoth Gilead. 37 The dogges licke vp his blood, and Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 Iehoshaphats good reigne, 45 his act...
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, the palace richly decorated with ivory, either in Jezreel or in Samaria, AND ALL THE CITIES THAT HE BUILT, ARE...
THE DEATH OF AHAB...
AHAB WARNED BUT DETERMINED (vs.1-28) Three years later the show of repentance on Ahab's part had worn off. There had been no war between Israel and Syria, but rather than leaving matters as they were...
29-40 Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who...
THE IVORY HOUSE, Heb. _the house of the tooth or teeth_, to wit, of elephants: see 1 KINGS 10:18. Not that it was made wholly of solid ivory, but because the other materials were covered, or intermixe...
1 Kings 22:39 rest H3499 acts H1697 Ahab H256 did H6213 (H8804) ivory H8127 house H1004 built H1129 ...
AHAB'S OBITUARY (1 KINGS 22:39). Ahab's experiences with the prophets now end with the usual final summary. Anyone interested in his achievements and his secular history could consult the court annal...
THE FINAL FATE OF AHAB IS SEALED (1 KINGS 22:1). As we have seen, prophets have featured all through Ahab's reign, and here they feature to the end. Ahab could never argue that he had not been given...
1 Kings 22:37 I. Such glimpses of Ahab's life as we have in ver. 39 reveal him to us in a very different character from that which appears on the face of the Bible history. He would seem to have been...
CONTENTS: Alliance of Ahab and Jehosophat. Ahab's ultimate defeat. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat, Ahab, Micaiah, Zedekiah, Syrian king, false prophets, Ahaziah. CONCLUSION: He who joins himself in af...
1 Kings 22:2. _Jehoshaphat_ had married his son Jehoram to Athaliah, daughter of Jezebel; probably from the idea that the connection would prevent internal war for the future: oh fatal mistake! 1 King...
_Jehoshaphat the King of Judah._ CHARACTER OF JEHOSHAPHAT In Ahab we have an instance of a wicked man partially reclaimed, frequently arrested, but yet finally hardened in his iniquity. In Jehoshapha...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:1 Although the house of Ahab is under a prophetic curse, the complete fulfillment of the prophecy will be delayed until the reign of Ahab’s son (see 1 Kings 21:27). Howev
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 22:39 CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS (also v. 1 Kings 22:45). See note on 14:19. Archaeologists have uncovered a
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 22:32. THEY TURNED ASIDE TO FIGHT AGAINST HIM—יּסָרֻו—they turned to him. _Sept._ has εκύκλωσαν, _surrounded_ him. 1 Kings 22:34.—DREW A BOW AT A VENTURE—_Lit...
EXPOSITION THE EXPEDITION OF AHAB AND JEHOSHAPHAT AGAINST HRAMOTH-GILEAD. THE DEATH OF AHAB. THE REIGNS OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH....
So they went for three years without war between Syria and Israel. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat who was the king of the southern tribes Judah, he came up to visit Ahab. And...
1 Kings 10:18; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 15:23; 1
Ivory house — Not that it was made of solid ivory, but because the other materials were covered, or inlaid with ivory....