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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
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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
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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
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over all the kings 2
save only with the king 2
shall be king 2
shall the king 2
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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
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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
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also before kings 1
also king 1
also the kings 1
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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
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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
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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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  1. Joshua 10:39 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.

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  2. Joshua 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

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  3. Joshua 10:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

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  4. Joshua 11:1 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;

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  5. Joshua 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

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  6. Joshua 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

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  7. Joshua 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.

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  8. Joshua 11:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

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  9. Joshua 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

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  10. Joshua 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.

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  11. Joshua 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

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  12. Joshua 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

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  13. Joshua 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

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  14. Joshua 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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  15. Joshua 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance

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  16. Joshua 12:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

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  17. Joshua 12:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

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  18. Joshua 12:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

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  19. Joshua 12:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

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  20. Joshua 12:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

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  21. Joshua 12:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

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  22. Joshua 12:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

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  23. Joshua 12:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

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  24. Joshua 12:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

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  25. Joshua 12:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

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  26. Joshua 12:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

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  27. Joshua 12:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

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  28. Joshua 12:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

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  29. Joshua 12:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

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  30. Joshua 12:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

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  31. Joshua 12:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.

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  32. Joshua 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

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  33. Joshua 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

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  34. Joshua 13:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

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  35. Joshua 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

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  36. Joshua 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

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  37. Joshua 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

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  38. Judges 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

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  39. Judges 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

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  40. Judges 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

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  41. Judges 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  42. Judges 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

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  43. Judges 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

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  44. Judges 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

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  45. Judges 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

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  46. Judges 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

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  47. Judges 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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  48. Judges 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

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  49. Judges 4:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

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  50. Judges 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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