King James Version
2 Kings 1:18 in the King James Version says “Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Isr...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?”
2 Kings 1:18 · KJV
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now the rest”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“of the acts”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“are they not written”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of the acts”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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