H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress, and they went to the fight.

מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[is] [the] king of”

Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king of Israel was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans till the evening; and by sundown he was dead.

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, they are recorded in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which were put in the book of the kings of Israel.

מַלְכֵ֥י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

מֶ֥לֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:

מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ (מְּלָכִֽים) me.la.Khim “kings”

And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”