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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 351 times in 284 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (1Ki 1:18–2Ki 3:27)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18 - “Now, behold, Adonijah is king; H4427 and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - Then Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall be king H4427 after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - surely as I vowed to you by the LORD the God of Israel, saying, ‘Your son Solomon shall be king H4427 after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place’; I will indeed do so this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - “Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne and be king H4427 in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, “No! Our lord King David has made H4427 Solomon king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - The days that David reigned H4427 over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned H4427 in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - So he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel [fn]expected me to be king; H4427 however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “Now, O LORD my God, You have made H4427 Your servant king H4427 in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign H4427 over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he [fn]began to build the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:24 - He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed [fn]there, and reigned H4427 in Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25 - So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned H4427 over Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:37 - ‘I will take you, and you shall reign H4427 over whatever [fn]you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:42 - Thus the time that Solomon reigned H4427 in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:1 - Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make H4427 him king. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17 - But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned H4427 over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made H4427 him king H4427 over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, H4427 behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - The time that Jeroboam reigned H4427 was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned H4427 in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became H4427 king, H4427 and he reigned H4427 seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1 - Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became H4427 king H4427 over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - He reigned H4427 three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Maacah the daughter of [fn]Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 - So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign H4427 as king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - He reigned H4427 forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became H4427 king H4427 over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned H4427 over Israel two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28 - So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - It came about as soon as he was king, H4427 he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam [fn]any persons alive, until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became H4427 king H4427 over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became H4427 king H4427 over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - It came about when he became H4427 king, H4427 as soon as he sat on his throne, that he [fn]killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave [fn]a single male, neither of his [fn]relatives nor of his friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned H4427 seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - The people who were camped heard [fn]it said, “Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king.” Therefore all Israel made H4427 Omri, the commander of the army, king H4427 over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:21 - Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make H4427 him king; H4427 the other half followed Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:22 - But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became H4427 king. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became H4427 king H4427 over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned H4427 six years at Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - Now Ahab the son of Omri became H4427 king H4427 over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned H4427 over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 - Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became H4427 king H4427 over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42 - Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became H4427 king, H4427 and he reigned H4427 twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - Ahaziah the son of Ahab became H4427 king H4427 over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned H4427 two years over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:17 - So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became H4427 king H4427 in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became H4427 king H4427 over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned H4427 twelve years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - Then he took his oldest son who was to reign H4427 in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

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