King James Version
2 Kings 8:23 in the King James Version says “And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
2 Kings 8:23 · KJV
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And 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
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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 Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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