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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Concordance 1,921 verses
- 2 Chronicles 28:16 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְמַלְכֵ֥י
At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 28:19 מֶֽלֶךְ־
For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 28:20 מֶ֣לֶךְ
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
- 2 Chronicles 28:21 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְלְמֶ֣לֶךְ
Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22 הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 מַלְכֵֽי־
Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:26 מַלְכֵֽי־
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:27 מַלְכֵ֣י
And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 29:15 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 29:18 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
- 2 Chronicles 29:19 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:20 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 29:23 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
- 2 Chronicles 29:24 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:25 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27 מֶֽלֶךְ־
And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:29 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ
For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
- 2 Chronicles 30:4 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְמַלְכֵ֥י
So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 מֶֽלֶךְ־
For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 30:26 מֶ֣לֶךְ
So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 31:3 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 מֶֽלֶךְ־
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 מַלְכֵ֣י
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7 מֶ֣לֶךְ
“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:8 מֶֽלֶךְ־
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 32:9 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֣לֶךְ
Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
- 2 Chronicles 32:10 מֶ֣לֶךְ
“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
- 2 Chronicles 32:11 מֶ֥לֶךְ
Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
- 2 Chronicles 32:20 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
- 2 Chronicles 32:21 מֶ֣לֶךְ
and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 מֶֽלֶךְ־
So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.
- 2 Chronicles 32:23 מֶ֣לֶךְ
Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
- 2 Chronicles 32:32 מַלְכֵי־
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 לְמֶ֣לֶךְ
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 33:18 מַלְכֵ֥י
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 34:11 מַלְכֵ֥י
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
- 2 Chronicles 34:16 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
- 2 Chronicles 34:18 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 34:19 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
- 2 Chronicles 34:20 הַמֶּ֡לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 מֶ֥לֶךְ
that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 34:26 מֶ֣לֶךְ
But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
- 2 Chronicles 34:28 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.