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
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 284 verses
- 1 Kings 1:18 מָלָ֑ךְ
But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.
- 1 Kings 1:24 יִמְלֹ֣ךְ
“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
- 1 Kings 1:30 יִמְלֹ֣ךְ
I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
- 1 Kings 1:35 יִמְלֹ֖ךְ
Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Kings 1:43 הִמְלִ֥יךְ
“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- 1 Kings 2:11 מָלַ֤ךְמָלַךְ֙מָלַ֔ךְ
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 2:15 לִמְלֹ֑ךְ
“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
- 1 Kings 3:7 הִמְלַ֣כְתָּ
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
- 1 Kings 6:1 לִמְלֹ֥ךְ
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 11:24 וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ
and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
- 1 Kings 11:25 וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:37 וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:42 מָלַ֨ךְ
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
- 1 Kings 11:43 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 12:1 לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- 1 Kings 12:17 וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
- 1 Kings 12:20 וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
- 1 Kings 14:19 מָלָ֑ךְ
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 1 Kings 14:20 מָלַ֣ךְוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:21 מָלַ֖ךְבְּמָלְכ֜וֹמָלַ֣ךְ
Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
- 1 Kings 14:31 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:1 מָלַ֥ךְ
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
- 1 Kings 15:2 מָלַ֖ךְ
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:8 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:9 מָלַ֥ךְ
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
- 1 Kings 15:10 מָלַ֖ךְ
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:24 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:25 מָלַךְ֙וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ
In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
- 1 Kings 15:28 וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:29 כְמָלְכ֗וֹ
As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
- 1 Kings 15:33 מָ֠לַךְ
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
- 1 Kings 16:6 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:8 מָ֠לַךְ
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
- 1 Kings 16:10 וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:11 בְמָלְכ֜וֹ
As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
- 1 Kings 16:15 מָלַ֥ךְ
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
- 1 Kings 16:16 וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ
and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 16:21 לְהַמְלִיכ֔וֹ
At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.
- 1 Kings 16:22 וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
- 1 Kings 16:23 מָלַ֤ךְמָלַ֥ךְ
In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:28 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:29 מָלַךְ֙וַ֠יִּמְלֹךְ
In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
- 1 Kings 22:40 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:41 מָלַ֖ךְ
In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 22:42 בְּמָלְכ֔וֹמָלַ֖ךְ
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
- 1 Kings 22:50 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:51 מָלַ֤ךְוַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
- 2 Kings 1:17 וַיִּמְלֹ֤ךְ
So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
- 2 Kings 3:1 מָלַ֤ךְוַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
- 2 Kings 3:27 יִמְלֹ֣ךְ
So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.