מֶ֫לֶךְ

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1. 2 Samuel 5:2מֶ֙לֶךְ֙king

   Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

2. 2 Samuel 5:3הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

   So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

3. 2 Samuel 5:3הַמֶּ֨לֶךְthe king

   So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

4. 2 Samuel 5:3לְמֶ֖לֶךְto king

   So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

5. 2 Samuel 5:6הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

   Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

6. 2 Samuel 5:11מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

   Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

7. 2 Samuel 5:12לְמֶ֖לֶךְto king

   And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

8. 2 Samuel 5:17לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙to king

   When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

9. 2 Samuel 6:12לַמֶּ֣לֶךְto the king

   Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

10. 2 Samuel 6:16הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

11. 2 Samuel 6:20מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

12. 2 Samuel 7:1הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

13. 2 Samuel 7:2הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

14. 2 Samuel 7:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

15. 2 Samuel 7:18הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

16. 2 Samuel 8:3מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

17. 2 Samuel 8:5מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

18. 2 Samuel 8:8הַמֶּ֧לֶךְthe king

    And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

19. 2 Samuel 8:9מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

20. 2 Samuel 8:10הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־the king

    he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

21. 2 Samuel 8:11הַמֶּ֥לֶךְthe king

    and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—

22. 2 Samuel 8:12מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

23. 2 Samuel 9:2הַמֶּ֧לֶךְthe king

    And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.

24. 2 Samuel 9:3הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king

    So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

25. 2 Samuel 9:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

26. 2 Samuel 9:4הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

27. 2 Samuel 9:4הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

28. 2 Samuel 9:5הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.

29. 2 Samuel 9:9הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king

    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

30. 2 Samuel 9:11הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

31. 2 Samuel 9:11הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

32. 2 Samuel 9:11הַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

33. 2 Samuel 9:13הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king

    So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.

34. 2 Samuel 10:1מֶ֖לֶךְ[the] king of

    Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

35. 2 Samuel 10:5הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

36. 2 Samuel 10:6מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.

37. 2 Samuel 10:19הַמְּלָכִ֜יםthe kings

    When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

38. 2 Samuel 11:2הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

39. 2 Samuel 11:8הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

40. 2 Samuel 11:8הַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

    Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

41. 2 Samuel 11:9הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

42. 2 Samuel 11:19הַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

    and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,

43. 2 Samuel 11:20הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?

44. 2 Samuel 11:24הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”

45. 2 Samuel 12:7לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙to king

    Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

46. 2 Samuel 12:30מַלְכָּם֩king their

    Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

47. 2 Samuel 13:4הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

48. 2 Samuel 13:6הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

49. 2 Samuel 13:6הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

50. 2 Samuel 13:13הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”