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

2 Samuel 15:19 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
2 Samuel 15:21 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
2 Samuel 15:23 וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
2 Samuel 15:25 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
2 Samuel 15:27 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
2 Samuel 15:34 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
2 Samuel 15:35 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
2 Samuel 16:2 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
2 Samuel 16:3 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
2 Samuel 16:4 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
2 Samuel 16:5 הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ

As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
2 Samuel 16:6 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
2 Samuel 16:9 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
2 Samuel 16:10 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
2 Samuel 16:14 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
2 Samuel 16:16 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
2 Samuel 17:2 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
2 Samuel 17:16 לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
2 Samuel 17:17 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
2 Samuel 17:21 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
2 Samuel 18:2 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
2 Samuel 18:4 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

“I will do whatever seems best to you,” the king replied. So he stood beside the gate, while all the troops marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
2 Samuel 18:5 הַמֶּ֡לֶךְהַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:12 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
2 Samuel 18:13 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

If I had jeopardized my own life —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
2 Samuel 18:18 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
2 Samuel 18:19 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
2 Samuel 18:20 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
2 Samuel 18:21 לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
2 Samuel 18:25 לַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
2 Samuel 18:26 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
2 Samuel 18:27 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
2 Samuel 18:28 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙לַמֶּ֛לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
2 Samuel 18:29 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
2 Samuel 18:30 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

“Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.
2 Samuel 18:31 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
2 Samuel 18:32 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”
2 Samuel 18:33 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 19:1 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ

Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
2 Samuel 19:2 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
2 Samuel 19:4 וְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 19:5 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.
2 Samuel 19:8 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
2 Samuel 19:9 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
2 Samuel 19:10 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס

But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
2 Samuel 19:11 וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
2 Samuel 19:12 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
2 Samuel 19:14 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
2 Samuel 19:15 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
2 Samuel 19:16 הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ

Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,