מֶ֫לֶךְ
me.lekh
1. king
Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)
'the king' or a name, Hammelech in KJV of Jer.36.26; 38.6- a man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;
father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";
§ A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;
father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";
King's (Highway) (Num.20.17)
Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)
Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)
King's (Valley) (Gen.14.17)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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- 2 Kings 14:22 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 14:23 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
- 2 Kings 14:28 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 14:29 מַלְכֵ֣י
And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:1 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֥לֶךְ
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:5 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 15:6 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 15:8 מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
- 2 Kings 15:11 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:13 מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
- 2 Kings 15:15 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Shallum, along with the conspiracy he led, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:17 מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
- 2 Kings 15:19 מֶֽלֶךְ־
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 15:20 לְמֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֣לֶךְ
Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
- 2 Kings 15:21 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Menahem, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 15:23 מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
- 2 Kings 15:25 מֶלֶךְ
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:26 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:27 מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.
- 2 Kings 15:29 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
- 2 Kings 15:31 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Pekah, along with all his accomplishments, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:32 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֥לֶךְ
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:36 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 15:37 מֶ֣לֶךְ
(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
- 2 Kings 16:1 מֶ֥לֶךְ
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 16:3 מַלְכֵ֣י
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Kings 16:5 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶֽלֶךְ־
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
- 2 Kings 16:6 מֶֽלֶךְ־
At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
- 2 Kings 16:7 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֣לֶךְ
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
- 2 Kings 16:8 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְלְמֶֽלֶךְ־
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 16:9 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֨לֶךְ
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
- 2 Kings 16:10 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.
- 2 Kings 16:11 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ־
And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.
- 2 Kings 16:12 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.
- 2 Kings 16:15 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
- 2 Kings 16:16 הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
- 2 Kings 16:17 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.
- 2 Kings 16:18 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙מֶ֥לֶךְ
And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 16:19 לְמַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 17:1 מֶ֣לֶךְ
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
- 2 Kings 17:2 כְּמַלְכֵ֣י
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
- 2 Kings 17:3 מֶ֣לֶךְ
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
- 2 Kings 17:4 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶֽלֶךְ־לְמֶ֥לֶךְמֶ֣לֶךְ
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
- 2 Kings 17:5 מֶֽלֶךְ־
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
- 2 Kings 17:6 מֶֽלֶךְ־
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 17:7 מֶֽלֶךְ־
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- 2 Kings 17:8 וּמַלְכֵ֥י
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:24 מֶֽלֶךְ־
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- 2 Kings 17:26 לְמֶ֣לֶךְ
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
- 2 Kings 17:27 מֶֽלֶךְ־
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”