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)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

Translation

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Old Testament

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Concordance 1,921 verses

2 Chronicles 10:18 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְוְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 11:3 מֶ֣לֶךְ

“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
2 Chronicles 12:2 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־

In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 12:6 וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
2 Chronicles 12:9 מֶֽלֶךְ־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:10 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.
2 Chronicles 12:11 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
2 Chronicles 12:13 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. 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.
2 Chronicles 13:1 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
2 Chronicles 15:16 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
2 Chronicles 16:1 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֥לֶךְ

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 16:2 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְמֶ֣לֶךְ

So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
2 Chronicles 16:3 מֶ֣לֶךְ

“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
2 Chronicles 16:4 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
2 Chronicles 16:6 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 16:7 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֤לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ־

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
2 Chronicles 16:11 הַמְּלָכִ֔ים

Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
2 Chronicles 17:19 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
2 Chronicles 18:3 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֣לֶךְ

Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
2 Chronicles 18:4 מֶ֣לֶךְ

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
2 Chronicles 18:5 מֶֽלֶךְ־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
2 Chronicles 18:7 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.
2 Chronicles 18:8 מֶ֣לֶךְ

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
2 Chronicles 18:9 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.
2 Chronicles 18:11 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.”
2 Chronicles 18:12 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
2 Chronicles 18:14 הַמֶּלֶךְ֒הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

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 they will be given into your hand.”
2 Chronicles 18:15 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?”
2 Chronicles 18:17 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
2 Chronicles 18:19 מֶֽלֶךְ־

And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
2 Chronicles 18:25 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,
2 Chronicles 18:26 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.’”
2 Chronicles 18:28 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶֽלֶךְ־

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Chronicles 18:29 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.
2 Chronicles 18:30 וּמֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֥לֶךְ

Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
2 Chronicles 18:31 מֶ֣לֶךְ

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
2 Chronicles 18:32 מֶ֣לֶךְ

And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
2 Chronicles 18:33 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!”
2 Chronicles 18:34 וּמֶ֣לֶךְ

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.
2 Chronicles 19:1 מֶֽלֶךְ־

When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 19:2 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
2 Chronicles 19:11 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
2 Chronicles 20:15 וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
2 Chronicles 20:34 מַלְכֵ֥י

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:35 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶֽלֶךְ־

Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
2 Chronicles 21:2 מֶ֥לֶךְ־

Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:6 מַלְכֵ֣י

And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 21:8 מֶֽלֶךְ׃

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
2 Chronicles 21:12 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
2 Chronicles 21:13 מַלְכֵ֣י

but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.