Definition
a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Traditional renderings: consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.
Traditional renderings: consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָלַךְ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
348 total
- 2 Chronicles 17:7לְמָלְכ֗וֹ · of his reignIn the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 20:31וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ · reigned; בְּמָלְכ֗וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֣ךְ · and he reignedSo Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
- 2 Chronicles 21:1וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedAnd Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 21:5בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedJehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
- 2 Chronicles 21:8וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ · and appointedIn the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
- 2 Chronicles 21:20בְמָלְכ֔וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedJehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1וַיַּמְלִיכוּ֩ · king; וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · became kingThen the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:2בְמָלְכ֔וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedAhaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
- 2 Chronicles 22:12מֹלֶ֥כֶת · ruledAnd Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
- 2 Chronicles 23:3יִמְלֹ֔ךְ · He must reign…the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.
- 2 Chronicles 23:11וַיַּמְלִ֖יכוּ · and proclaimed him kingThen Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 2 Chronicles 24:1בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedJoash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
- 2 Chronicles 24:27וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedThe accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 25:1מָלַ֣ךְ · [when] he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedAmaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 26:1וַיַּמְלִ֣יכוּ · and made him kingAll the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3בְמָלְכ֔וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedUzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 26:23וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedAnd Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 27:1בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedJotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Chronicles 27:8בְמָלְכ֑וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedHe was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
- 2 Chronicles 27:9וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedAnd Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedAhaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 28:27וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedAnd 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 29:1מָלַ֗ךְ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedHezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
- 2 Chronicles 29:3לְמָלְכ֜וֹ · of his reignIn the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 32:33וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedAnd Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1בְמָלְכ֑וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedManasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
- 2 Chronicles 33:20וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ · reignedAnd Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 33:21בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedAmon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ · kingBut 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 34:1בְמָלְכ֑וֹ · when he became king; מָלַ֖ךְ · and he reignedJosiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3לְמָלְכ֗וֹ · of his reignIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8לְמָלְכ֔וֹ · of his reignNow in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1וַיַּמְלִיכֻ֥הוּ · and made him kingThen the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
- 2 Chronicles 36:2בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ · when he became kingJehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.