Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Kings 22:39

"Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the 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?" — 1 Kings 22:39 (ASV)

The ivory house. — See Amos 3:15. We note that now, for the first time since the days of Solomon (1 Kings 10:18–20), the use of ivory—in this case for inlaying the walls of houses—so characteristic of Zidonian art, is mentioned. The “undesigned coincidence,” in relation to the renewed relations with Zidon, is remarkable.

All the cities ... — Possibly the cities ceded by Ben-hadad, and rebuilt as strongholds. The description shows that Ahab’s reign was externally one of power and prosperity, still unimpaired even by his death and disaster at Ramoth-gilead. The fruits of spiritual corruption had not yet ripened.