What Does 1 Kings 16:5 Mean in the King James?
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?
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
A ruler’s might does not disappear into his title; it is entered in the same record as what he does.
THE MEANING
The verse holds two things together: Baasha’s deeds and the might with which he acts. Both remain in the record, so power and what it produces are seen side by side.
THE ROOT
סֵפֶר
sefer
GROWS FROM
ספר
Count, recount, or relate.
The word for “book” belongs to a root of counting and recounting. The record here is an account: Baasha’s deeds and might are gathered into what can be told and remembered.
ALSO GROWS
sāpar: Count, recount, tell
סָפַר
The root action shows the book as an account that gathers and relates what was done.
mispar: Number, count
מִסְפָּר
This branch preserves the sense of things being counted and included in a record.
גְּבוּרָה
gevurah
GROWS FROM
גבר
Be strong, prevail.
“Might” carries the sense of strength that prevails, not merely a title or reputation. The verse places that force inside the account of Baasha’s actions, where it can be seen alongside what he does.
ALSO GROWS
gibbôr: Mighty one, warrior
גִּבּוֹר
The branch names a person characterized by prevailing strength, echoing the force recorded here.
gever: Man, strong man
גֶּבֶר
This branch ties strength to a person, showing the human bearer behind the might.
THE PATTERN
What happens is held in a record, from public deeds to private grief.
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.THE THREAD
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?The same Hebrew word, סֵפֶר (sefer), “book” or “record,” appears in both verses. Here it holds a ruler’s deeds and might; in the Psalm, it holds wanderings and tears, widening the record from public power to private life.
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