מֶ֫לֶךְ

me.lekh

Hebrew H4428 Noun, masculine 2,525 occurrences in 1,921 verses

מֶ֫לֶךְ king

1. king

Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

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Concordance 1,921 verses

1 Kings 10:13 וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
1 Kings 10:15 מַלְכֵ֥י

not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
1 Kings 10:16 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
1 Kings 10:17 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:18 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
1 Kings 10:21 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 10:22 לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:23 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְמַלְכֵ֣י

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
1 Kings 10:26 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10:27 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
1 Kings 10:28 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
1 Kings 10:29 מַלְכֵ֧יוּלְמַלְכֵ֥י

A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
1 Kings 11:1 וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
1 Kings 11:14 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
1 Kings 11:18 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
1 Kings 11:23 מֶֽלֶךְ־

And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
1 Kings 11:26 בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
1 Kings 11:27 בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ

and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
1 Kings 11:37 מֶּ֖לֶךְ

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 11:40 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings 12:2 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
1 Kings 12:6 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
1 Kings 12:12 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
1 Kings 12:13 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
1 Kings 12:15 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 Kings 12:16 הַמֶּלֶךְ֮הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
1 Kings 12:18 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְוְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 12:23 מֶ֣לֶךְ

“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
1 Kings 12:27 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־

If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
1 Kings 12:28 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 13:4 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:6 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
1 Kings 13:7 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
1 Kings 13:8 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
1 Kings 13:11 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
1 Kings 14:2 לְמֶ֖לֶךְ

and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
1 Kings 14:14 מֶ֙לֶךְ֙

Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
1 Kings 14:19 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

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 14:25 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־

In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
1 Kings 14:26 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
1 Kings 14:27 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
1 Kings 14:28 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
1 Kings 14:29 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
1 Kings 15:1 לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
1 Kings 15:7 לְמַלְכֵ֣י

As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
1 Kings 15:9 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֥לֶךְ

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
1 Kings 15:16 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
1 Kings 15:17 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֥לֶךְ

Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
1 Kings 15:18 מֶלֶךְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְמֶ֣לֶךְ

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
1 Kings 15:19 מֶֽלֶךְ־

“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”