מָלַךְ
ma.lakh
1. to be or become king or queen, reign
a. (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
b. (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
c. (Hophal) to be made king or queen
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- Genesis 36:31 מָלְכ֖וּמְלָךְ־
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
- Genesis 36:32 וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:33 וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:34 וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:35 וַיִּמְלֹ֨ךְ
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 36:36 וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:37 וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:38 וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:39 וַיִּמְלֹ֤ךְ
When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- Genesis 37:8 הֲמָלֹ֤ךְתִּמְלֹךְ֙
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Exodus 15:18 יִמְלֹ֖ךְ
The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
- Joshua 13:10 מָלַ֖ךְ
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Joshua 13:12 מָלַ֥ךְ
the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
- Joshua 13:21 מָלַ֖ךְ
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
- Judges 4:2 מָלַ֖ךְ
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
- Judges 9:6 וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ
Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
- Judges 9:8 מְלוֹכָה
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
- Judges 9:10 מָלְכִ֥י
Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:12 מָלוֹכִי
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:14 מְלָךְ־
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:16 וַתַּמְלִ֖יכוּ
Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
- Judges 9:18 וַתַּמְלִ֜יכוּ
but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
- 1 Samuel 8:7 מִמְּלֹ֥ךְ
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
- 1 Samuel 8:9 יִמְלֹ֖ךְ
Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
- 1 Samuel 8:11 יִמְלֹ֖ךְ
He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
- 1 Samuel 8:22 וְהִמְלַכְתָּ֥
“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 11:12 יִמְלֹ֣ךְ
Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- 1 Samuel 11:15 וַיַּמְלִכוּ֩
So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 12:1 וָאַמְלִ֥יךְ
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
- 1 Samuel 12:12 יִמְלֹ֣ךְ
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
- 1 Samuel 12:14 מָלַ֣ךְ
If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
- 1 Samuel 13:1 בְּמָלְכ֑וֹמָלַ֖ךְ
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 15:11 הִמְלַ֤כְתִּי
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- 1 Samuel 15:35 הִמְלִ֥יךְ
And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 16:1 מִמְּלֹ֖ךְ
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
- 1 Samuel 23:17 תִּמְלֹ֣ךְ
saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
- 1 Samuel 24:20 מָלֹ֖ךְתִּמְל֑וֹךְ
Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
- 2 Samuel 2:9 וַיַּמְלִכֵ֙הוּ֙
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 בְּמָלְכוֹ֙מָלָ֑ךְ
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
- 2 Samuel 3:21 וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔
Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
- 2 Samuel 5:4 בְּמָלְכ֑וֹמָלָֽךְ׃
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
- 2 Samuel 5:5 מָלַ֣ךְמָלַ֗ךְ
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 2 Samuel 8:15 וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
- 2 Samuel 10:1 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
- 2 Samuel 15:10 מָלַ֥ךְ
Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- 2 Samuel 16:8 מָלַ֙כְתָּ֙
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
- 1 Kings 1:5 אֶמְלֹ֑ךְ
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 1 Kings 1:11 מָלַ֖ךְ
Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
- 1 Kings 1:13 יִמְלֹ֣ךְמָלַ֥ךְ
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
- 1 Kings 1:17 יִמְלֹ֣ךְ
“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’