Definition
from H4427; a king
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Glossary entries
Milcom King’s Highway King’s Pool King’s Valley Hammelech Molech
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2,525 total
- 1 Kings 9:28הַמֶּ֥לֶךְThey sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingAnd Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
- 1 Kings 10:6הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingShe said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
- 1 Kings 10:9לְמֶ֔לֶךְ · kingBlessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
- 1 Kings 10:10 (2×)לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the king; לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · to KingThen she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:12 (2×)הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ · The king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · and for the king’sThe king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)
- 1 Kings 10:13 (2×)וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ · King; הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · royalKing Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- 1 Kings 10:15מַלְכֵ֥י · kings…not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
- 1 Kings 10:16הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · KingKing Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
- 1 Kings 10:17הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · And the kingHe also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 10:18הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · Additionally, the kingAdditionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
- 1 Kings 10:21הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · KingAll King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:22לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king hadFor the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 1 Kings 10:23 (2×)הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · So King; מַלְכֵ֣י · the kingsSo King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- 1 Kings 10:26הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · [him]Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 10:27הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · The kingThe king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- 1 Kings 10:28הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the royalSolomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- 1 Kings 10:29 (2×)מַלְכֵ֧י · the kings; וּלְמַלְכֵ֥י · and to the kingsA chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
- 1 Kings 11:1וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · KingKing Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- 1 Kings 11:14הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · from the royalThen the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:18מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingHadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
- 1 Kings 11:23מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAnd God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
- 1 Kings 11:26בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · against the kingNow Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
- 1 Kings 11:27בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ · against the king…and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 1 Kings 11:37מֶּ֖לֶךְ · kingBut as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:40מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSolomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 12:2הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · from KingWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
- 1 Kings 12:6הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · Then KingThen King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
- 1 Kings 12:12הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the kingAfter three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
- 1 Kings 12:13הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · And the kingAnd the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
- 1 Kings 12:15הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · So the kingSo the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
- 1 Kings 12:16 (2×)הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ · the king; הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · the kingWhen all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
- 1 Kings 12:18 (2×)הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · Then King; וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · And KingThen King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 12:23מֶ֣לֶךְ · king“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
- 1 Kings 12:27 (2×)מֶ֣לֶךְ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingIf these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
- 1 Kings 12:28הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingAfter seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- 1 Kings 13:4הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · KingNow when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
- 1 Kings 13:6 (2×)הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · Then the king; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · and the king’sThen the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
- 1 Kings 13:7הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · Then the kingThen the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
- 1 Kings 13:8הַמֶּ֔לֶךְBut the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
- 1 Kings 13:11הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingNow a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.