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 22:3 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֥לֶךְ

who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
1 Kings 22:4 מֶ֣לֶךְ

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
1 Kings 22:5 מֶ֣לֶךְ

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
1 Kings 22:6 מֶֽלֶךְ־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
1 Kings 22:8 מֶֽלֶךְ־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
1 Kings 22:9 מֶ֣לֶךְ

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
1 Kings 22:10 וּמֶ֣לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־

Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
1 Kings 22:12 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
1 Kings 22:13 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
1 Kings 22:15 הַמֶּלֶךְ֒הַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”
1 Kings 22:16 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
1 Kings 22:18 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
1 Kings 22:26 מֶ֣לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
1 Kings 22:27 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
1 Kings 22:29 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶֽלֶךְ־

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
1 Kings 22:30 מֶ֨לֶךְמֶ֣לֶךְ

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
1 Kings 22:31 וּמֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֥לֶךְ

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
1 Kings 22:32 מֶֽלֶךְ־

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
1 Kings 22:33 מֶ֥לֶךְ

And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
1 Kings 22:34 מֶ֣לֶךְ

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
1 Kings 22:35 וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.
1 Kings 22:37 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.
1 Kings 22:39 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
1 Kings 22:41 מֶ֥לֶךְ

In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
1 Kings 22:44 מֶ֥לֶךְ

Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
1 Kings 22:45 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
1 Kings 22:47 וּמֶ֥לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ׃

And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
1 Kings 22:51 מֶ֣לֶךְ

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 1:3 מֶֽלֶךְ־

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
2 Kings 1:6 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
2 Kings 1:9 הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
2 Kings 1:11 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
2 Kings 1:15 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
2 Kings 1:17 מֶ֣לֶךְ

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 1:18 לְמַלְכֵ֥י

As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
2 Kings 3:1 מֶ֣לֶךְ

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 3:4 מֶֽלֶךְ־לְמֶֽלֶךְ־

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
2 Kings 3:5 מֶֽלֶךְ־בְּמֶ֥לֶךְ

But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
2 Kings 3:6 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ

So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
2 Kings 3:7 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֤לֶךְ

And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
2 Kings 3:9 מֶ֨לֶךְוּמֶֽלֶך־וּמֶ֣לֶךְ

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
2 Kings 3:10 מֶ֣לֶךְהַמְּלָכִ֣ים

“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
2 Kings 3:11 מֶֽלֶךְ־

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
2 Kings 3:12 מֶ֧לֶךְוּמֶ֥לֶךְ

Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
2 Kings 3:13 מֶ֤לֶךְמֶ֣לֶךְהַמְּלָכִ֣ים

Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
2 Kings 3:14 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
2 Kings 3:21 הַמְּלָכִ֖ים

Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
2 Kings 3:23 הַמְּלָכִ֔ים

“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
2 Kings 3:26 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֥לֶךְ

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
2 Kings 4:13 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.