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me.lekh H4428

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) means “king” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מֶ֫לֶךְ Hebrew · H4428 2,525 tagged occurrences in 1,921 verses

Pronunciation guide: meh'-lek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4428G

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · king

1) king Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

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TBESH · H4428H

הַמֶּלֶךְ · me.lekh · `the king`

'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";

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TBESH · H4428I

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · King's

King's (Highway) (Num.20.17)

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TBESH · H4428J

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · King's

Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

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TBESH · H4428K

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · Milcom

Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

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TBESH · H4428L

מֶ֫לֶךְ · me.lekh · King's

King's (Valley) (Gen.14.17)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H4427 (מָלַךְ); a king

KJV glosses: king, royal.

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How translators render H4428

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the king	585
king	547
of the king	136
the kings	131
of the kings	78
kings	69
and the king	46
then the king	46
so the king	44
of king	39
to the king	37
reign	27
the royal	26
a king	25
then king	23
but the king	14
him	14
of the reign	14
as king	13
so king	13
when the king	12
o king	11
of the royal	11
and king	10
at the kings	10
he	10
now the king	10
against the king	8
and the kings	8
for the king	8
in the kings	8
its king	8
their king	8
and its king	7
for king	7
of kings	7
their kings	7
may the king	6
who	6
by the kings	5
from the kings	5
of a king	5
to king	5
when king	5
and	4
and he	4
and kings	4
are the kings	4
but king	4
from the king	4
my king	4
o kings	4
our kings	4
that the king	4
to the kings	4
was king	4
with the royal	4
you king	4
your king	4
any king	3
before the king	3
for kings	3
his	3
is king	3
is the king	3
king of	3
now king	3
royal	3
the king himself	3
to the royal	3
was the kings	3
according to the kings	2
additionally the king	2
and for the kings	2
and the royal	2
and their kings	2
and to the kings	2
as the king	2
back to the king	2
but he	2
for their kings	2
from king	2
he brings to his king	2
hezekiah	2
his king	2
in the royal	2
it to the king	2
king amaziah	2
may the kings	2
nevertheless the kings	2
of his reign	2
of the other kings	2
of their king	2
that king	2
the king had	2
the kings service	2
then kings	2
thus king	2
to kings	2
whose king	2
a kings	1
according to the royal	1
against king	1
against the kings	1
and a king	1
and as the king	1
and as the kings	1
and be ruled	1
and bring the king	1
and closed the royal	1
and escort him	1
and let the king	1
and may the king	1
and of the king	1
and one of the kings	1
and our king	1
and our kings	1
and some of the kings	1
and tell the king	1
and then the king	1
and they brought the king	1
and to the king	1
and upon our kings	1
and when the king	1
and your king	1
are a kings	1
are for the kings	1
are my king	1
as a king	1
as soon as the king	1
as their king	1
as your king	1
at king	1
at the royal	1
at this david	1
became king	1
become his	1
before king	1
both king	1
but the kings	1
by king	1
by milcom	1
by the king	1
can a king	1
can the kings	1
escorted the king	1
even in their royal	1
far as the kings	1
finally the king	1
fit for a king	1
for him	1
for his	1
from his	1
from the royal	1
given to the kings	1
goes to the kings	1
has milcom	1
has the king	1
he was previously stationed at the kings	1
he will bring the king	1
he will hand their kings	1
help the king	1
her king	1
her kings	1
his royal	1
in any kingdom	1
in charge of king	1
in charge of the kings	1
in the king	1
in their king	1
instead the king	1
into the kings	1
is a kings	1
is my king	1
is our king	1
is the kings	1
its kings	1
just as the king	1
king joash	1
kings before him	1
kings life	1
kingship	1
later king	1
let king	1
like a king	1
like the kings	1
listen king	1
milcom	1
near the kings	1
nevertheless the king	1
nor the kings	1
nor their kings	1
o royal	1
of his	1
of king jehoram	1
of our king	1
of royalty	1
of the kingdom	1
on his	1
on the palace grounds	1
one of the kings	1
one of the royal	1
only to king	1
our king	1
placed by kings	1
represents the king	1
represents the kings	1
ruled	1
see the king	1
served as king	1
shall be at the royal	1
should the king	1
should the kings	1
since he	1
since the king	1
so he	1
so the kings	1
that	1
the king down	1
the king had designated	1
the king is	1
the kingdoms	1
the kings expense	1
the kings who were	1
the new king	1
then neco king	1
then the kings	1
then the royal	1
then we can install	1
there is a king	1
therefore the king	1
to ask the king	1
to be king	1
to become	1
to become the kings	1
to him	1
to his king	1
to molech	1
to our king	1
to the king of libnah	1
to the palace grounds	1
to their king	1
trusted royal	1
visit the king	1
vvv	1
was the king	1
was your king	1
we must have a king	1
when a kings	1
when the kings	1
while his	1
while the king	1
while the kings	1
who ruled	1
will be king	1
will have the king	1
will the king	1
with a king	1
with her king	1
with the kings	1
with their kings	1
worthy of the kings	1
would the king	1
yet king	1
your kings	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
king	456
the king	437
and the king	208
of the kings	115
of the king	108
the kings	78
unto the king	77
to the king	66
kings	50
and king	33
of king	32
then the king	31
that the king	23
and the kings	21
o king	20
for the king	19
and all the kings	16
so the king	16
in the kings	15
a king	14
unto king	14
against the king	13
to king	13
with the king	12
all the kings	11
whom the king	11
into the kings	9
unto the kings	9
with the kings	9
by the kings	8
of kings	8
then king	8
and to the king	7
at the kings	7
but the king	7
did the king	7
for the kings	7
to the kings	7
and it came to pass when the king	6
of a king	6
thee king	6
and when the king	5
behold the king	5
him king	5
my king	5
no king	5
that the kings	5
was king	5
against king	4
and her king	4
by the king	4
in the king	4
let the king	4
on the king	4
so king	4
their king	4
their kings	4
when the king	4
which king	4
which the king	4
and for the kings	3
and it came to pass when king	3
and of the kings	3
and to the kings	3
and with the king	3
as the king	3
but king	3
from the king	3
him to the king	3
let not the king	3
now the king	3
of their kings	3
our king	3
that king	3
them to the king	3
therefore the king	3
us a king	3
which the kings	3
according to all that king	2
according to the kings	2
against the kings	2
also the king	2
among the kings	2
and a king	2
and all their kings	2
and as the king	2
and it came to pass when all the kings	2
and kings	2
and let the king	2
and their kings	2
as king	2
at thee and their kings	2
because the king	2
because the kings	2
behold the kings	2
concerning the king	2
did king	2
for all the kings	2
for king	2
from the kings	2
he and the kings	2
he thee king	2
her king	2
her kings	2
him of the king	2
himself before the king	2
howbeit the king	2
in that the king	2
into all the kings	2
me a king	2
me king	2
moreover the king	2
not for kings	2
not the king	2
not the kings	2
out of the kings	2
over all the kings	2
save only with the king	2
shall be king	2
shall the king	2
so shall the king	2
them the kings	2
then were the kings	2
they their kings	2
to our kings	2
upon the kings	2
what the kings	2
when thy king	2
where the kings	2
wherefore the king	2
wherein the king	2
your king	2
a kings	1
after the kings	1
against him as a king	1
against him by the king	1
against us the kings	1
all of them to the king	1
all that pertained to the king	1
all that the king	1
all their kings	1
alone and the king	1
also before kings	1
also king	1
also the kings	1
also unto the kings	1
also what the king	1
also with the king	1
and against the kings	1
and all king	1
and all kings	1
and all the king	1
and all these kings	1
and at the kings	1
and be ye with the king	1
and before all the kings	1
and behold the king	1
and between the king	1
and he had provided the king	1
and he was king	1
and his king	1
and if so be that the kings	1
and in the kings	1
and is in kings	1
and it was so when the king	1
and like unto him was there no king	1
and moreover the kings	1
and now behold the king	1
and of all the kings	1
and of king	1
and over the kings	1
and shalt be king	1
and so for all the kings	1
and that our king	1
and their king	1
and thou king	1
and to her king	1
and when all the kings	1
and when all these kings	1
and when king	1
and when the kings	1
and why should the king	1
any king	1
any more unto the king	1
as a king	1
as had not been on any king	1
as this in the kings	1
at him and the king	1
at king	1
be thy king	1
before the king	1
behold a king	1
behold thy king	1
between the king	1
both ye and your king	1
but be ye with the king	1
but not as the kings	1
but to the king	1
but when king	1
but with kings	1
by it and their king	1
by malcham	1
by me kings	1
doth their king	1
even the kings	1
even them the king	1
for his king	1
for i was the kings	1
for lo the kings	1
for so the king	1
for thee unto the king	1
for their king	1
for then the king	1
for to the king	1
from all kings	1
from thence the king	1
giveth he to his king	1
have no king	1
have we our kings	1
her of his royal	1
her out of the kings	1
her to the king	1
him and the king	1
him into the kings	1
him so the king	1
him the king	1
him there king	1
him was none like him among all the kings	1
him whom the king	1
himself to king	1
how the king	1
i unto the king	1
in all the kings	1
in their king	1
in unto the king	1
instead of which king	1
is for all the king	1
it also and the king	1
it and the king	1
it may be that the king	1
it to the king	1
lest the king	1
let king	1
likewise of king	1
lo the king	1
nay but we will have a king	1
neither have our kings	1
nevertheless the kings	1
no more except the king	1
nor of the kings	1
nor the kings	1
not as the king	1
not for the kings	1
not her king	1
not unto the kings	1
notwithstanding the kings	1
now king	1
now the kings	1
now therefore behold the king	1
now therefore o king	1
now therefore o ye kings	1
o kings	1
o ye kings	1
of hammelech	1
of him a king	1
of his king	1
of our king	1
of the same when the kings	1
of thee and kings	1
of their king	1
of them unto the king	1
of these kings	1
of those kings	1
of your king	1
of your moloch	1
on the kings	1
our kings	1
over kings	1
over the kings	1
people and all the kings	1
pertaineth unto the kings	1
royal	1
shall be his king	1
shall be of thee and kings	1
shall kings	1
she i pray thee let the king	1
so it came to pass when the kings	1
such as none of the kings	1
such to whom the king	1
than all the kings	1
than the king	1
than the kings	1
that all the kings	1
that behold the kings	1
that he might be the kings	1
that it was not of the king	1
that it was not the king	1
that kings	1
thee a king	1
thee and thy king	1
thee from being king	1
thee now therefore be the kings	1
thee o king	1
thee the king	1
thee to the king	1
them a king	1
them also king	1
them as whatsoever the king	1
them for the kings	1
themselves a king	1
themselves unto king	1
themselves unto the king	1
then all the kings	1
then no king	1
then shall both ye and also the king	1
then the kings	1
then was the kings	1
there is no king	1
there with the king	1
therefore king	1
therefore was the king	1
these kings	1
they make the king	1
they nor their kings	1
they the kings	1
this king	1
those kings	1
thou art my king	1
thou the kings	1
thou unto the king	1
through kings	1
thus hath the king	1
to a king	1
to be a kings	1
to be king	1
to him but the king	1
to kings	1
to whom would the king	1
touching the king	1
unto all the kings	1
unto her also with the king	1
unto him for the king	1
unto him let not the king	1
unto his king	1
unto kings	1
unto me nay but a king	1
unto our king	1
unto thee o king	1
unto their king	1
unto them behold the kings	1
upon king	1
upon me as also the kings	1
upon the king	1
upon them the king	1
upon us on our kings	1
us for all the kings	1
was come the king	1
was the king	1
was there no king	1
we have no king	1
well to be the kings	1
were the kings	1
what have i to do with thee thou king	1
what then should a king	1
when king	1
when kings	1
whereby the kings	1
whereunto the king	1
whereupon the king	1
which also king	1
which is the kings	1
which was in the kings	1
while the king	1
who is this king	1
whom is the king	1
whom king	1
whom the kings	1
why should the kings	1
with all those kings	1
with him so the king	1
with him unto the king	1
with kings	1
with their kings	1
with us and the king	1
without a king	1
ye kings	1
yea all kings	1
yea for the king	1
you a king	1
your kings	1

Verses containing H4428

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2 Kings 18:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
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2 Kings 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
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2 Kings 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
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2 Kings 18:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
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2 Kings 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
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2 Kings 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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2 Kings 18:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
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2 Kings 18:14 · BSB · 4 occurrences
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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2 Kings 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
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2 Kings 18:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
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2 Kings 18:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
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2 Kings 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
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2 Kings 18:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
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2 Kings 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
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2 Kings 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
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2 Kings 18:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
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2 Kings 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
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2 Kings 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
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2 Kings 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
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2 Kings 18:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
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2 Kings 18:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
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2 Kings 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
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2 Kings 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
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2 Kings 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
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2 Kings 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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2 Kings 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
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2 Kings 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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2 Kings 19:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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2 Kings 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
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2 Kings 19:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
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2 Kings 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
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2 Kings 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
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2 Kings 19:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
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2 Kings 19:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
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2 Kings 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
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2 Kings 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
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2 Kings 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
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2 Kings 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
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2 Kings 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
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2 Kings 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
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2 Kings 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
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2 Kings 21:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Kings 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 22:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,
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2 Kings 22:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”
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2 Kings 22:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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2 Kings 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
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2 Kings 22:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
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