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Lexicon :: Strong's H4427 - mālaḵ

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מָלַךְ
Transliteration
mālaḵ
Pronunciation
maw-lak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1199,1200

Strong’s Definitions

מָלַךְ mâlak, maw-lak'; a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 348x

The KJV translates Strong's H4427 in the following manner: reign (289x), king (46x), made (4x), queen (2x), consulted (1x), indeed (1x), make (1x), rule (1x), set (1x), surely (1x), set up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 348x
The KJV translates Strong's H4427 in the following manner: reign (289x), king (46x), made (4x), queen (2x), consulted (1x), indeed (1x), make (1x), rule (1x), set (1x), surely (1x), set up (1x).

  1. to be or become king or queen, reign

    1. (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign

    2. (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign

    3. (Hophal) to be made king or queen

  2. to counsel, advise

    1. (Niphal) to consider

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָלַךְ mâlak, maw-lak'; a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.
STRONGS H4427: Abbreviations
† II. מָלַךְ 346 verb denominative be, or become king, or queen, reign; —
Qal296 Perfect מ׳ Joshua 13:10 + etc.; Imperfect יִמְלֹךְ (לוֺךְ-) Exodus 15:18 +; וַיִּמְלֹךְ Genesis 36:32 +; 2nd person masculine singular תִּמְלֹךְ Genesis 37:8 +, (הֲתִֽמֲלֹךְ Jeremiah 22:15 Baer); Imperative מְלָךְֿ Judges 9:14; מָלְכָה Judges 9:8; מָלְכִי Judges 9:10, 12; Infinitive absolute מָלֹךְ Genesis 37:8; 1 Samuel 24:21; construct. מְלֹךְ 1 Kings 2:15 +; suffix מָלְכוֺ 1 Samuel 13:1 +; Participle מֹלֵךְ Jeremiah 22:11 + 2 times; מֹלֶכֶת 2 Kings 11:3 2 Chronicles 22:12; — be (become) king, reign, mostly of Hebrew kings, 2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 16:22; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Kings 9:13, but also generally Proverbs 8:15; Proverbs 30:22; of Canaanite, Edomite, Aramaic, Assyrian, Persian kings, etc.: Judges 4:2; Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 11:25; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 19:37; Esther 1:1 +; followed by בְּ local (usually city) Joshua 13:10, 12; Judges 4:2; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 11:24; 1 Kings 14:21 + often; but also Genesis 36:31, 32; 1 Chronicles 1:43 בְּארץ, and even בְּכֹלאֲשֶׁרתְּֿאַוֶּה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 3:21; followed by עַל with people or land 1 Samuel 8:9, 11; 1 Samuel 12:14; 1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Kings 15:1, 9; 1 Kings 16:23 + often; followed by בְּ local + עַל territory (or population) 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 11:42; followed by תַּחַת (חַחְתָּיו) 2 Samuel 16:8; Genesis 36:33f. = 1 Chronicles 1:44f., 1 Kings 14:20, 31; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 13:24; Jeremiah 22:11 + often; subject God, followed by על Psalm 47:9; Micah 4:7; Ezekiel 20:33; 1 Samuel 8:7; followed by בְּ Isaiah 24:23; absolute Exodus 15:18; Isaiah 52:7; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 96:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 97:1; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 146:10 +; subject future (Messianic) king Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; subject a woman (= be queen) 2 Kings 11:3 2 Chronicles 22:12 (both followed by עַל), Esther 2:4 followed by תַּחַת; Imperative only in fable, king of trees, Judges 9:8, 10, 12, 14 all followed by על; בְּמָלְכוֺ especially = when he began to reign, became king 1 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 14:21 + often; Infinitive also = reign: בְּשְׁנַת שְׁמֹנֶה לְמָלְכוֺ 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 25:1, compare 2 Kings 25:27; 1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 16:13; 17:7; 29:3; 34:3, 8, compare עַד מְלֹךְ דָּוִד 1 Chronicles 4:31; עַד מְלֹךְ פָּרָס מַלְכוּת 2 Chronicles 36:20; began to reign and reigned מָלַךְ וַיִּמְלֹךְ 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 16:29; 2 Kings 3:1 +; often מָלַךְ alone with same meaning 1 Kings 16:23; 2 Kings 13:1, 10; 2 Kings 14:23 +.
† Hiph. Perfect הִמְלִיךְ 1 Samuel 15:35 + 2 times; הִמְלַ֫כְתָּ 1 Kings 3:7, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּמְלֵךְ 2Ki 33:34 + 4 times; וַיַּמְלִיכוּ Judges 9:6 + etc.; Infinitive construct הַמְלִיךְ 1 Kings 12:1 + etc.; Participle מַמְלִךְֻ Ezekiel 17:16; — make king, or queen, cause to reign, followed by accusative of person Judges 9:16; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 1:43; 1 Kings 12:1; 1 Kings 16:21; 2 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 11:12 (anointing and coronation) = 2 Chronicles 23:11; 2 Kings 17:21; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 12:32; 1 Chronicles 12:39; 2 Chronicles 10:1; 11:22; Ezekiel 17:16; followed by לִשׁלמֹה (לְ of direct object, as Aramaic) 1 Chronicles 29:22; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb 1 Samuel 8:22 (+ לָהֶם), 1 Samuel 12:1 (+ על), Isaiah 7:6 (+ בְּתוֺךְ); followed by לְמֶלֶךְ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; followed by accusative of person + בְּ local Jeremiah 37:1; + עַל Judges 9:18; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Kings 12:20; 1 Kings 16:16; 2 Kings 8:20; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Chronicles 28:4 (accusative omitted), 1 Chronicles 23:1; 2 Chronicles 1:9, 11; 21:8; 36:4, 10, compare 2 Samuel 2:9 (3 times עֲלֿ, + 3 times אֶלֿ); + תַּחַת 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 14:21; 2 Kings 21:24; 2 Kings 23:30 (anointing), 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Chronicles 1:8; 22:1; 26:1; 33:25; 36:1; Esther 2:17 (= make queen at coronation); absolute Hosea 8:4.
† Hoph. Perfect הָמְלַךְ עַל מַלְכוּת כַּשְׂדִּים Daniel 9:1.

II. [מָלַךְ] verb counsel, advise (loan-word from Aram. bdb057601, מְלַח; compare Assyrian malâku, DlHWB 412); — only
Niph. (so Late Hebrew) Imperfect לִבִּי עָלַי וַיִּמָּלֵךָ i. e. I considered carefully, Nehemiah 5:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:31; 36:31; 36:32; 36:32; 36:33; 37:8; 37:8

Exodus

15:18; 15:18

Joshua

13:10; 13:10; 13:12

Judges

4:2; 4:2; 9:6; 9:6; 9:8; 9:8; 9:10; 9:10; 9:12; 9:12; 9:14; 9:14; 9:16; 9:18

1 Samuel

8:7; 8:9; 8:11; 8:22; 11:15; 12:1; 12:14; 13:1; 13:1; 13:1; 15:11; 15:35; 15:35; 24:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:10; 2:10; 3:21; 5:5; 5:5; 16:8

1 Kings

1:43; 2:15; 3:7; 3:7; 6:1; 11:24; 11:25; 11:42; 12:1; 12:1; 12:20; 14:20; 14:21; 14:21; 14:31; 15:1; 15:9; 15:25; 16:16; 16:21; 16:22; 16:23; 16:23; 16:29

2 Kings

3:1; 3:1; 8:15; 8:15; 8:20; 9:13; 10:5; 11:3; 11:3; 11:12; 13:1; 13:10; 13:24; 14:21; 14:23; 17:21; 19:37; 21:24; 23:30; 23:34; 24:12; 24:17; 25:1; 25:27

1 Chronicles

1:43; 1:44; 4:31; 11:10; 12:32; 12:38; 12:39; 16:31; 23:1; 28:4; 29:22

2 Chronicles

1:8; 1:9; 1:11; 10:1; 11:22; 16:13; 17:7; 21:8; 22:1; 22:12; 22:12; 23:11; 26:1; 29:3; 33:25; 34:3; 34:8; 36:1; 36:4; 36:10; 36:20

Nehemiah

5:7

Esther

1:1; 2:4; 2:17

Psalms

47:9; 93:1; 96:10; 97:1; 99:1; 146:10

Proverbs

8:15; 30:22

Isaiah

7:6; 24:23; 32:1; 52:7

Jeremiah

22:11; 22:11; 22:15; 23:5; 37:1

Ezekiel

17:16; 17:16; 20:33

Daniel

9:1

Hosea

8:4

Micah

4:7

H4427

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Strong's Number H4427 matches the Hebrew מָלַךְ (mālaḵ),
which occurs 79 times in 57 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ch 1:8–2Ch 36:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - O LORD God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon came from[fn] the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 - Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:17 - But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah[fn] his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:1 - In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah[fn] the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 - [fn] Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:1 - Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7 - In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 - Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 - Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:5 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8 - In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 - And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was twenty-two[fn] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:3 - And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada[fn] said to them, “Behold, the king’s son! Let him reign, as the LORD spoke concerning the sons of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:11 - Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, “Long live the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash[fn] was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:27 - Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of the rebuilding[fn] of the house of God are written in the Story[fn] of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 - And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:3 - In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:20 - So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:21 - Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and the metal images.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

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