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למלך
  • Hebrew letters on the seals:  Lamed-Mem-Lamed-Kaf
  • Strong's Concordance numbers:  4427-32 (Mem-Lamed-Kaf preceded with a Lamed preposition)
  • Goodrick/Kohlenberger's Concordance numbers:  4887-91, 10421-2
  • Translations:  "belonging/belongs to, or property for, the king (generic) or Molech/Milcom (specific Ammonite deity)" although in the context of a seal it could be translated as "royal approval/property"

  • (Note:  If translated from top to bottom including the other words (HBRN, MMST, SUKE, ZYF), the inscriptions could form names similar to the mysterious character, Melchizedek--"king of righteousness", such as LMLKHBRN--"belonging to the king of friendship".)
  • Transliterations:  The 3-letter noun "MLK" is a segolate, meaning that it is pronounced with two "e" vowels (or segols as in "MeLeK") & is accented on the first syllable contrary to normal Hebrew accentuation.  The first letter, "L", is a preposition with a wide range of meaning, including "to", "for", "of", etc.  "MLK" derives from a verbal root meaning "to rule".  When joined with a noun that is intended to be definite (i.e., "the king" instead of "a king"), the preposition is pronounced with an "a" vowel plus a lengthening of the following consonant.  But the definiteness of the noun is not indicated in the consonantal text of these seals.  This, plus the soft pronunciation of "K" when following a vowel, has led to a variety of representations using Latin letters:
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Strong's 4427

350 Biblical uses; 3 with the lamed preposition; pronounced "malak {maw-lak'}" (Hebrew)

1KINGS 2
15_Then he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, & all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign.  However, the kingdom has been turned over, & has become my brother's; for it was his from the LORD.

1KINGS 6
1_And it came to pass in the four hundred & eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

ECCLESIASTES 4
14_For he comes out of prison to be king, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

Strong's 4428

2523 Biblical uses; 147 with the lamed preposition; pronounced "melek {meh'-lek}" (Hebrew)

GENESIS 40
1_It came to pass after these things that the butler & the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. ... 5_Then the butler & the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream, both of them, each man's dream in one night & each man's dream with its own interpretation.

EXODUS 14
5_Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, & the heart of Pharaoh & his servants was turned against the people; & they said, "Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"

NUMBERS 21
29_Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, & his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

JOSHUA 2
2_And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country."

JOSHUA 10
28_On that day Joshua took Makkedah, & struck it & its king with the edge of the sword.  He utterly destroyed them--all the people who were in it.  He let none remain.  He also did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. ... 30_And the LORD also delivered it & its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it & all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword.  He let none remain in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

JUDGES 9
6_And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, & they went & made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem. ... 15_And the bramble said to the trees, "If in truth you anoint me as king over you, then come & take shelter in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble & devour the cedars of Lebanon!'

1SAMUEL 15
1_Samuel also said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel.  Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the LORD. ... 11_"I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, & has not performed My commandments."  And it grieved Samuel, & he cried out to the LORD all night. ... 17_So Samuel said, "When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel?  And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel?

1SAMUEL 18
18_So David said to Saul, "Who am I, & what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?" ... 25_Then Saul said, "Thus you shall say to David:  "The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies."'  But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.  26_So when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the king's son-in-law.  Now the days had not expired; 27_therefore David arose & went, he & his men, & killed two hundred men of the Philistines.  And David brought their foreskins, & they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law.  Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

2SAMUEL 2
4_Then the men of Judah came, & there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.  And they told David, saying, "The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul." ... 7_Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, & be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, & also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."

2SAMUEL 3
17_Now Abner had communicated with the elders of Israel, saying, "In time past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

2SAMUEL 5
3_Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, & King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel. ... 12_So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, & that He had exalted His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel. ... 17_Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David.  And David heard of it & went down to the stronghold.

2SAMUEL 6
12_Now it was told King David, saying, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom & all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God."  So David went & brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.

2SAMUEL 12
7_Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man!  Thus says the LORD God of Israel:  "I anointed you king over Israel, & I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

2SAMUEL 17
16_"Now therefore, send quickly & tell David, saying, 'Do not spend this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king & all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'"  17_Now Jonathan & Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come & tell them, & they would go & tell King David.  21_Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well & went & told King David, & said to David, "Arise & cross over the water quickly.  For thus has Ahithophel advised against you."

2SAMUEL 18
21_Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen."  So the Cushite bowed himself to Joab & ran. ... 25_Then the watchman cried out & told the king.  And the king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth."  And he came rapidly & drew near. ... 28_So Ahimaaz called out & said to the king, "All is well!"  Then he bowed down with his face to the earth before the king, & said, "Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king!"

2SAMUEL 24
20_Now Araunah looked, & saw the king & his servants coming toward him.  So Araunah went out & bowed before the king with his face to the ground. ... 23_All these, O king, Araunah has given to the king."  And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."

1KINGS 1
3_So they sought for a lovely young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, & found Abishag the Shunammite, & brought her to the king.  4_The young woman was very lovely; & she cared for the king, & served him; but the king did not know her. ... 16_And Bathsheba bowed & did homage to the king.  Then the king said, "What is your wish?" ... 23_So they told the king, saying, "Here is Nathan the prophet."  And when he came in before the king, he bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. ... 34_"There let Zadok the priest & Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; & blow the horn, & say, 'Long live King Solomon!'" ... 45_So Zadok the priest & Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; & they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar.  This is the noise that you have heard. ... 53_So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar.  And he came & fell down before King Solomon; & Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

1KINGS 2
29_And King Solomon was told, "Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; there he is, by the altar."  Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, strike him down."  38_And Shimei said to the king, "The saying is good.  As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do."  So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

1KINGS 5:1 (4:15 in some translations)
1_Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always loved David.

1KINGS 7
40_Hiram made the lavers & the shovels & the bowls.  So Hiram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the LORD: ... 45_the pots, the shovels, & the bowls.  All these articles which Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of burnished bronze.

1KINGS 9
14_Then Hiram sent the king one hundred & twenty talents of gold.

1KINGS 10
9_Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel!  Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice & righteousness."  10_Then she gave the king one hundred & twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, & precious stones.  There never again came such abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. ... 22_For the king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram.  Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, & monkeys.

1KINGS 14
2_And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please arise, & disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, & go to Shiloh.  Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I would be king over this people. ... 25_It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

1KINGS 15
1_In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

1KINGS 19
15_Then the LORD said to him:  "Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; & when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria.  16_Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel.  And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

1KINGS 20
38_Then the prophet departed & waited for the king by the road, & disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

2KINGS 3
4_And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

2KINGS 6
12_And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."

2KINGS 7
2_So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God & said, "Look, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?"  And he said, "In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it." ... 15_And they went after them to the Jordan; & indeed all the road was full of garments & weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste.  So the messengers returned & told the king.

2KINGS 8
5_Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealing to the king for her house & for her land.  And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, & this is her son whom Elisha restored to life."

2KINGS 9
3_"Then take the flask of oil, & pour it on his head, & say, 'Thus says the LORD:  "I have anointed you king over Israel."'  Then open the door & flee, & do not delay." ... 6_Then he arose & went into the house.  And he poured the oil on his head, & said to him, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel:  'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.'" ... 12_And they said, "A lie!  Tell us now."  So he said, "Thus & thus he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD:  "I have anointed you king over Israel."'"

2KINGS 11
10_And the priest gave the captains of hundreds the spears & shields which had belonged to King David, that were in the temple of the LORD.

2KINGS 12
6_Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple.

2KINGS 13
16_Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow."  So he put his hand on it, & Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.  17_And he said, "Open the east window"; & he opened it.  Then Elisha said, "Shoot"; & he shot.  And he said, "The arrow of the LORD's deliverance & the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them."  18_Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them.  And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, & stopped.

2KINGS 15
20_And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the very wealthy, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria.  So the king of Assyria turned back, & did not stay there in the land.

2KINGS 16
8_And Ahaz took the silver & gold that was found in the house of the LORD, & in the treasuries of the king's house, & sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.

2KINGS 17
4_And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, & brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year.  Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, & bound him in prison. ... 26_So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have removed & placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, & indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land."

2KINGS 18
9_Now it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria & besieged it. ... 13_And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah & took them. ... 16_At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, & from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, & gave it to the king of Assyria.

2KINGS 22
3_Now it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying: ... 10_Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book."  And Shaphan read it before the king.

2KINGS 23
23_But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the LORD in Jerusalem.

2KINGS 24
7_And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

2KINGS 25
8_And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

1CHRONICLES 11
3_Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, & David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD.  And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

1CHRONICLES 14
2_So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel. ... 8_Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David.  And David heard of it & went out against them.

1CHRONICLES 27
24_Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David. ... 31_& Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks.  All these were the officials over King David's property.  32_Also Jehonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a wise man, & a scribe; & Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons.  33_Ahithophel was the king's counselor, & Hushai the Archite was the king's companion.  34_After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, then Abiathar.  And the general of the king's army was Joab.

1CHRONICLES 28
1_Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel:  the officers of the tribes & the captains of the divisions who served the king, the captains over thousands & captains over hundreds, & the stewards over all the substance & possessions of the king & of his sons, with the officials, the valiant men, & all the mighty men of valor. ... 4_"However the LORD God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah to be the ruler.  And of the house of Judah, the house of my father, & among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel."

1CHRONICLES 29
23_Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, & prospered; & all Israel obeyed him.

2CHRONICLES 4
11_Then Huram made the pots & the shovels & the bowls.  So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God: ... 16_also the pots, the shovels, the forks--and all their articles Huram his master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

2CHRONICLES 8
10_And others were chiefs of the officials of King Solomon:  two hundred & fifty, who ruled over the people.

2CHRONICLES 9
8_Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God!  Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice & righteousness."  9_And she gave the king one hundred & twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, & precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. ... 21_For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram.  Once every three years the merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, & monkeys.

2CHRONICLES 12
2_And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, ...

2CHRONICLES 13
1_In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

2CHRONICLES 23
9_And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears & the large & small shields which had belonged to King David, that were in the temple of God.

2CHRONICLES 24
17_Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came & bowed down to the king.  And the king listened to them. ... 23_So it happened in the spring of the year that the army of Syria came up against him; & they came to Judah & Jerusalem, & destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, & sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

2CHRONICLES 25
16_So it was, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, "Have we made you the king's counselor?  Cease!  Why should you be killed?"  Then the prophet ceased, & said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this & have not heeded my advice."

2CHRONICLES 26
13_And under their authority was an army of three hundred & seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

2CHRONICLES 28
21_For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the LORD, from the house of the king, & from the leaders, & he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.

2CHRONICLES 33
11_Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, & carried him off to Babylon.

2CHRONICLES 34
18_Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book."  And Shaphan read it before the king.

2CHRONICLES 35
23_And the archers shot King Josiah; & the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am severely wounded."

EZRA 7
8_And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

EZRA 8
22_For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers & horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power & His wrath are against all those who forsake Him."

NEHEMIAH 1
11_O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, & to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; & let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, & grant him mercy in the sight of this man."  For I was the king's cupbearer.

NEHEMIAH 2
1_And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine & gave it to the king.  Now I had never been sad in his presence before.  2_Therefore the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick?  This is nothing but sorrow of heart."  So I became dreadfully afraid, 3_& said to the king, "May the king live forever!  Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, & its gates are burned with fire?"  4_Then the king said to me, "What do you request?"  So I prayed to the God of heaven.  5_And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, & if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it."  6_Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), "How long will your journey be?  And when will you return?"  So it pleased the king to send me; & I set him a time.  7_Furthermore I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River, that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah, 8_& a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple, for the city wall, & for the house that I will occupy."  And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me.

NEHEMIAH 6
6_In it was written:  It is reported among the nations, & Geshem says, that you & the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king.  7_And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, "There is a king in Judah!"  Now these matters will be reported to the king.  So come, therefore, & let us consult together.

ESTHER 1
9_Queen Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

ESTHER 2
2_Then the king's servants who attended him said:  "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; ... 22_So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, & Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.

ESTHER 3
7_In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day & the month, until it fell on the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.  8_Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered & dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people's, & they do not keep the king's laws.  Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.

ESTHER 5
14_Then his wife Zeresh & all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, & in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet."  And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made.

ESTHER 6
4_So the king said, "Who is in the court?"  Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

ESTHER 9
3_And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, & all those doing the king's work, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

ESTHER 10
3_For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, & was great among the Jews & well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people & speaking peace to all his countrymen.

JOB 18
14_He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, & they parade him before the king of terrors.

JOB 34
18_Is it fitting to say to a king, "You are worthless," & to nobles, "You are wicked"?

PSALM 45
1_My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. ... 14_She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors; the virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.

PSALM 72
1_Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

ISAIAH 30
33_For Tophet was established of old, yes, for the king it is prepared.  He has made it deep & large; its pyre is fire with much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.

ISAIAH 36
1_Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah & took them.

ISAIAH 57
9_You went to the king with ointment, & increased your perfumes; you sent your messengers far off, & even descended to Sheol.

JEREMIAH 13
18_Say to the king & to the queen mother, "Humble yourselves; sit down, for your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory."

JEREMIAH 36
16_Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, that they looked in fear from one to another, & said to Baruch, "We will surely tell the king of all these words."

JEREMIAH 51
31_One runner will run to meet another, & one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides; ...

JEREMIAH 52
5_So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ... 12_Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

EZEKIEL 37
22_and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; & one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.

DANIEL 1
10_And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food & drink.  For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age?  Then you would endanger my head before the king."

DANIEL 2
2_Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, & the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams.  So they came & stood before the king.  3_And the king said to them, "I have had a dream, & my spirit is anxious to know the dream." 4_Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever!  Tell your servants the dream, & we will give the interpretation."

HOSEA 10
6_The idol also shall be carried to Assyria as a present for King Jareb.  Ephraim shall receive shame, & Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

ZECHARIAH 14
9_And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.  In that day it shall be--"The LORD is one,"  & His name one. ... 16_And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, & to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.  17_And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain.

Strong's 4429

3 Biblical uses in 1Chronicles & Jeremiah; none with the lamed preposition; pronounced "Melek {meh'-lek}" (Benjamite son of Micah & grandson of Mephibosheth)

Strong's 4430

180 Biblical uses but only in Ezra & Daniel; 1 with the lamed preposition; pronounced "melek {meh'-lek}" (Aramaic)

DANIEL 4:37 (4:34 in some translations)
37_Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise & extol & honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, & His ways justice.  And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

Strong's 4431

1 Biblical use in Daniel; it does not have the lamed preposition; pronounced "malak {mel-ak'}" (Aramaic)

Strong's 4432

8 Biblical uses; 7 with the lamed preposition; pronounced "Molek {mo'-lek}" (Ammonite/Phoenician deity)

LEVITICUS 18
21_And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God:  I am the LORD.

LEVITICUS 20
2_Again, you shall say to the children of Israel:  "Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death.  The people of the land shall stone him with stones.  3_I will set My face against that man, & will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary & profane My holy name.  4_And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, & they do not kill him, 5_then I will set My face against that man & against his family; & I will cut him off from his people, & all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with (note--different preposition) Molech."

1KINGS 11
7_Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, & for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.

2KINGS 23
10_And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

JEREMIAH 32
35_"And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons & their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin."

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