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H4428Gמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekh
kingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.
בְּמֶ֥לֶךְ (מֶ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against Jerusalem with all his army and took up his position before it, building earthworks all round the town.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
So an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and the king went by the way of t
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners;
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king of”
And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and five of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military or
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”
These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away prisoner from his land.
מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
As for the people who were still living in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler over them.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite,
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.
מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of p
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
הַמְּלָכִ֛ים (מְּלָכִ֛ים) me.la.Khim “kings”
And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
Now these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom, before there was any king over Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; his town was named Dinhabah.
הַמְּלָכִ֗ים (מְּלָכִ֗ים) me.la.Khim “kings”מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”
The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (מֶּ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”
And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.
מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”
All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”
And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to t
מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”