Lexicon :: Strong's H4410 - mᵊlûḵâ

Saul told him, “He assured us the donkeys had been found.” However, Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.

Samuel proclaimed to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll, which he placed in the presence of the LORD. Then Samuel sent all the people home.

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let’s go to Gilgal, so we can renew the kingship there.”

When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.[fn]

Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom? ”

Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

“The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul in whose place you became king, and the LORD has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. Look, you are in trouble because you’re a man of bloodshed! ”

“Solomon has even taken his seat on the royal throne.

“You know the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the LORD gave it to him.

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my elder brother, you might as well ask the kingship for him, for the priest Abiathar, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.”[fn]

“I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from his son and give them to you.

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized one hundred eighty thousand fit young soldiers from the entire house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah, and he died. Also, they killed the Judeans and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

for kingship belongs to the LORD;

he rules the nations.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,

and all her princes will come to nothing.

You will be a glorious crown in the LORD’s hand,

and a royal diadem in the palm of your God’s hand.

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. They ate a meal together there in Mizpah,

“So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained royalty.

“He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,

The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family and from the nobility ​— ​

Saviors[fn] will ascend Mount Zion

to rule over the hill country of Esau,

and the kingdom will be the LORD’s.