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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 1 / 6 (Gen 36:31–1Ki 1:17)

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Now these are the kings who reigned H4427 in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned H4427.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32 - And Bela the son of Beor became H4427 king H4427 in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:33 - Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:34 - Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became H4427 king H4427 in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:36 - Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the [fn]River became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:38 - Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39 - Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and [fn]Hadar became H4427 king H4427 in his place; and the name of his city was [fn]Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - Then his brothers said to him, “Are you really H4427 going to reign H4427 over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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“Yahweh shall reign H4427 forever and ever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned H4427 in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned H4427 in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone remained of the remnant of the Rephaim); for Moses struck them and dispossessed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned H4427 in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - And Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned H4427 in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - Then all the lords of Shechem and all [fn]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made H4427 Abimelech king, by the [fn]oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - “The trees surely went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign H4427 over us!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:10 - “Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come, reign H4427 over us!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:12 - “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come, reign H4427 over us!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:14 - “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign H4427 over us!’

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“So now, if you have dealt in [fn]truth and integrity and made H4427 Abimelech king H4427, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and [fn]have dealt with him according to the bountiful works of his hands—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made H4427 Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king H4427 over the lords of Shechem, because he is your [fn]relative—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being H4427 king H4427 over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - “So now, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly [fn]testify to them and tell them of the [fn]custom of the king who will reign H4427 over them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - And he said, “This will be the [fn]custom of the king who will reign H4427 over you: he will take your sons and appoint them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and [fn]appoint H4427 them a king.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

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Then the people said to Samuel, “Who is he that said, ‘Shall Saul reign H4427 over us?’ [fn]Bring the men, that we may put them to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:15 - So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made H4427 Saul king H4427 before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they also offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were exceedingly glad.

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Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and I have [fn]appointed H4427 a king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign H4427 over us,’ although Yahweh your God was your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “If you will fear Yahweh and serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [fn]command of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns H4427 over you will follow Yahweh your God.

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[fn]Saul was [fn]thirty years old when he began to reign H4427, and he reigned H4427 [fn]forty-two years over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - “I regret that I have made H4427 Saul king, for he has turned back from [fn]following Me and has not established My words.” And Samuel became angry and cried out to Yahweh all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - So Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And Yahweh regretted that He had made H4427 Saul king H4427 over Israel.

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Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you be grieving over Saul? I have rejected him from being H4427 king H4427 over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I see among his sons a king for Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17 - And he said to him, “Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be H4427 king H4427 over Israel, and I will be second to you; and Saul my father knows that also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:20 - “So now, behold, I know that you will surely H4427 be H4427 king H4427, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And he made H4427 him king H4427 over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became H4427 king H4427 over Israel, and he was H4427 king H4427 for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may cut a covenant with you, and that you may be H4427 king H4427 over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:4 - Now David was thirty years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron he reigned H4427 over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned H4427 thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

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So David reigned H4427 over all Israel; and David was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.

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Now it happened afterwards, that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and Hanun his son became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is H4427 king H4427 in Hebron.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - “Yahweh has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned H4427; and Yahweh has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

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Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be H4427 king H4427.” So he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men as runners before him.

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Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become H4427 king H4427, and David our lord does not know it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go [fn]at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be H4427 king H4427 after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become H4427 king H4427?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by [fn]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be H4427 king H4427 after me and he shall sit on my throne.’

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