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Lexicon :: Strong's H4428 - meleḵ

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מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
meleḵ
Pronunciation
meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199a

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,523x

The KJV translates Strong's H4428 in the following manner: king (2,518x), royal (2x), Hammelech (1x), Malcham (1x), Moloch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,523x
The KJV translates Strong's H4428 in the following manner: king (2,518x), royal (2x), Hammelech (1x), Malcham (1x), Moloch (1x).

  1. king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.
STRONGS H4428: Abbreviations
I. מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI1, 5, 10, 18, 23 מלך; l4 המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic bdb057301 king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred, LagBN 73 BaNB § 112 WMMAs. u. Europ. 76); Sabean מלכן Sab DenkmNo. 1; construct מלך, plural אמלך CISiv 37; compare Ethiopic bdb057302 God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic bdb057303, מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא EutNab. 1); — מ׳ absolute Genesis 14:7 + (insert also 2 Samuel 13:17 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Kit Bu, and 2 Samuel 13:34 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 49:20 + 238 times (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ -); construct Genesis 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי 2 Samuel 19:4 (twice in verse) + 6 times, etc.; plural מְלָכִים Genesis 14:9 +; מְלָכִין Proverbs 31:3; construct מַלְכֵי Genesis 17:16 +; suffix מְלָכֶיהָ Isaiah 7:16 + 3 times; מַלְכֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 7:24 + 16 times, etc.; —
1. king: of Egypt Genesis 39:20f.; Exodus 1:8f.; Deuteronomy 11:3; 1 Kings 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Judges 3:8, 10; Genesis 14:1f.; 2 Kings 15:19, 20, 29; 2 Kings 17:3f.; 2 Kings 18:13f.; 2 Kings 24:1, 11f.; Ezra 1:1f.; Ezra 4:3f.; Esther 1:2 +, 1 Kings 11:18, 40; 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 17:4f.; 2 Kings 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Genesis 14:2f.; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:1, 8; Genesis 36:31; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 21:1f.; Numbers 22:4, 10; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:1f.; Joshua 2:2 (often in Joshua), Judges 1:7; Judges 5:19; Judges 8:5, 12; Judges 11:12f.; 2 Kings 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2 Samuel 8:3f.; 2 Samuel 8:9; 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1f.; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 5:1f.; 2 Kings 8:7f.; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 9:14, 15; 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:11, 16 +, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Genesis 36:31; Numbers 23:21; Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 17:14f.; Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 8:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:4f.; 1 Kings 1:33, 34f. + very often; compare also Judges 9:5. — 2 Samuel 18:29b strike out הַמּ׳ We Klo Dr Kit Bu. Note that in early books המלך דוד is nearly always said; in late books usually המלך שׁלמה וגו׳) דוד; compare Aramaic כּוֺרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא, etc.
2. of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1 Samuel 2:10 (|| מְשִׁיחוֺ), Psalm 2:6; Psalm 18:51; Psalm 89:19; Psalm 61:7, compare Psalm 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:22, 24; Zechariah 9:9.
3. used of י׳ as king of Israel 1 Samuel 12:12; in poetry Deuteronomy 33:5 compare Psalm 5:3; Psalm 10:16; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 48:3; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 74:12; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 145:1; Psalm 149:2; Isaiah 41:21; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 44:6; Zephaniah 3:15; מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֺד Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:8; Psalm 24:9; Psalm 24:10 (twice in verse); universal king Psalm 47:3; Psalm 47:8; Psalm 95:3; Psalm 98:6; Jeremiah 10:7, 10, compare Jeremiah 46:18; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 51:57; Zechariah 14:9, 16, 17; Malachi 1:14; of false god Amos 5:26.
4. in fable, king of trees Judges 9:8, 15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26; אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה מ׳ Proverbs 30:27; of death, מֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהוֺת Job 18:14.
5. combinations are: —
a. הַגָּדוֺל הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 18:19, 28 = Isaiah 36:4, 13 (of Assyrian king: compare Assyrian šarru rabu); גָּדוֺל מ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:14 (indefinite); of י׳ Malachi 1:14, עַלכֿלאֿלהים ג׳ מ׳ Psalm 95:3; מ׳ עוֺלָם Jeremiah 10:10 (of י׳); מְלָכִים מ׳ Ezekiel 26:7 (king of Babylon)
b. יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:34, 39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11; מֶלֶךְ בירושׁלם Ecclesiastes 1:1, compare Eccl 15:26; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 2:11 (בחברון עלהֿיה מ׳) 1 Kings 11:37; 2 Chronicles 28:4; Ecclesiastes 1:12.
c. following a verb (one or two accusative) על שִׂים מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:14, 15 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:19; שִׂים לָנוּ מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:5; שִׂים לְמ׳ 1 Kings 10:9; לְ נָתַן מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:6; Hosea 13:10, 11; נָתַן עַל 1 Samuel 12:13; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 13:26; הִמְלִיךְ לְמֶלֶךְ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; על הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ 1 Samuel 12:1; לְ הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:22; מָשַׁח מ׳ עַל Judges 9:8; מָשַׁח לְמ׳ 1 Kings 1:45; עַל מָשַׁךְ לְמ׳ Judges 9:15; 1 Samuel 15:1, 17; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3, 12; 2 Samuel 12:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 14:8; יִהְיֶה על מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:19; על בִּקֵּשׁ למ׳ 2 Samuel 3:17; הֵכִין לְמ׳ על 2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; על הֵקִים מ׳ 1 Kings 14:14; Deuteronomy 28:36; תַּחַת וגו׳ לְמ׳ יָשַׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא י׳ 1 Chronicles 29:23, compare Proverbs 20:8; אלהיך לְי׳ נָתַן עַלכִּֿסֵּא לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 9:8.
d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ Genesis 49:20 royal dainties, figurative; מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 25:36 royal feast (in simile); אֶבֶן הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 king's weight; יַדהַֿמּ׳ 1 Kings 10:13 royal bounty (in simile); גִּזֵּי הַמּ׳ Amos 7:1 king's mowings; מִקְדַּשׁ מ׳ Amos 7:13 royal sanctuary; עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם 2 Samuel 12:30 crown of their king = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (but read מִלְכֹּם Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Dr Kit Kau — not Bu KitChr. Hpt); compare also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק, גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc. — proper name אבימלך, אחימלך, אלימלך, מלך, נתן, מלך, עבד, see below אב, אח, etc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:1; 14:1; 14:2; 14:7; 14:9; 14:18; 17:16; 20:2; 26:1; 26:8; 36:31; 36:31; 39:20; 49:20; 49:20

Exodus

1:8

Numbers

20:14; 21:1; 22:4; 22:10; 23:21; 24:7

Deuteronomy

1:4; 3:1; 7:24; 11:3; 17:14; 17:14; 17:15; 28:36; 33:5

Joshua

2:2

Judges

1:7; 3:8; 3:10; 5:19; 8:5; 8:12; 9:5; 9:6; 9:8; 9:8; 9:15; 9:15; 11:12; 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25

1 Samuel

2:10; 2:10; 8:5; 8:5; 8:6; 8:19; 8:22; 10:19; 10:24; 12:1; 12:12; 12:13; 15:1; 15:11; 15:17; 25:36

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:4; 2:11; 3:17; 5:2; 5:3; 5:11; 5:12; 5:12; 8:3; 8:9; 12:7; 12:30; 13:17; 13:34; 14:26; 16:16; 18:29; 19:4

1 Kings

1:33; 1:34; 1:34; 1:34; 1:39; 1:45; 3:1; 5:15; 9:11; 9:16; 10:9; 10:13; 11:18; 11:37; 11:40; 14:2; 14:14; 14:25; 15:18; 20:1; 22:3

2 Kings

3:4; 5:1; 8:7; 8:29; 9:14; 9:15; 11:12; 15:19; 15:20; 15:29; 15:37; 16:5; 17:3; 17:4; 18:13; 18:19; 18:28; 23:29; 24:1; 24:11

1 Chronicles

11:3; 14:2; 14:8; 20:2; 29:23; 29:25

2 Chronicles

2:10; 9:8; 23:11; 28:4

Ezra

1:1; 4:3

Nehemiah

9:37; 13:26

Esther

1:2

Job

18:14; 41:26

Psalms

2:6; 5:3; 10:16; 24:7; 24:8; 24:9; 24:10; 29:10; 44:5; 47:3; 47:8; 48:3; 61:7; 68:25; 74:12; 84:4; 89:19; 95:3; 95:3; 98:6; 99:4; 145:1; 149:2

Proverbs

20:8; 30:27; 31:3

Ecclesiastes

1:1; 1:12; 9:14

Isaiah

7:16; 32:1; 36:4; 36:13; 41:21; 43:15; 44:6

Jeremiah

10:7; 10:10; 10:10; 23:5; 46:18; 48:15; 51:57

Ezekiel

26:7; 37:22; 37:24

Hosea

3:5; 13:10; 13:11

Amos

5:26; 7:1; 7:13

Zephaniah

3:15

Zechariah

9:9; 14:9; 14:16; 14:17

Malachi

1:14; 1:14

H4428

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Strong's Number H4428 matches the Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (meleḵ),
which occurs 52 times in 40 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

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In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king H4428 of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king H4428 of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his [fn]god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his [fn]god.

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Then the king H4428 said for Ashpenaz, the chief of his [fn]officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal seed and of the nobles,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom was no defect, who were good in appearance, showing insight in every branch of wisdom, being thoroughly [fn]knowledgeable and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to stand in the king’s H4428 palace; and he said for him to teach them the [fn]literature and tongue of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - And the king H4428 appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s H4428 choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be [fn]educated three years, at the end of which they were to stand before the king H4428.

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But Daniel set in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s H4428 choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king H4428, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would [fn]make me forfeit my head to the king H4428.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:13 - “Then let our appearance be [fn]observed before you and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king’s H4428 choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:15 - At the end of ten days it was seen that their appearance was better and that [fn]they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s H4428 choice food.

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Then at the end of the days which the king H4428 had spoken of for bringing them in, the commander of the officials brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:19 - And the king H4428 talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they stood in service before the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - And as for every matter of wisdom in understanding which the king H4428 sought from them, he found them ten times better than all the [fn]magicians and conjurers who were in all his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:21 - And Daniel [fn]continued until the first year of Cyrus the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - Then the king H4428 said to call in the [fn]magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the [fn]Chaldeans to tell the king H4428 his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - Then the king H4428 said to them, “I [fn]had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”

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Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king H4428 in [fn]Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Say the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

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In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king H4428, a vision appeared to me, [fn]Daniel, after the one which appeared to me [fn]previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - “The ram which you saw with the two horns is the kings H4428 of Media and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:21 - “Now the shaggy [fn]goat is the [fn]king H4428 of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king H4428.

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“In the latter period of their [fn]reign,

When the transgressors have [fn]run their course,

A king H4428 will stand,

[fn]Insolent and skilled in [fn]intrigue.

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Then I, Daniel, was [fn]exhausted and sick for days. Then I rose up again and did the king’s H4428 work; but I was appalled at what had appeared, and there was none to make me understand it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:6 - “Moreover, we have not listened to Your slaves the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings H4428, our princes, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:8 - “O Yahweh, to us belongs [fn]open shame, to our kings H4428, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.

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In the third year of Cyrus king H4428 of Persia, a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the word was true and one of great [fn]conflict, but he understood the word and had an understanding of what had appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - “But the [fn]prince of the kingdom of Persia was [fn]standing against me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me. Now I had been left there with the kings H4428 of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “So now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings H4428 are going to stand [fn]in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, [fn]he will arouse the whole empire against the kingdom of [fn]Greece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:3 - “And a mighty king H4428 will stand, and he will [fn]dominate with great [fn]domination and do as he pleases.

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“Then the king H4428 of the South will grow strong, [fn]along with one of his princes [fn]who will grow strong over him and [fn]obtain dominion; indeed, his [fn]domain will be a great [fn]dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “And [fn]after some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king H4428 of the South will come to the king H4428 of the North to carry out [fn]an equitable arrangement. But she will not retain her [fn]position of power, nor will he continue to stand with his [fn]power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who fathered her as well as he who strengthened her in those times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “But one of the [fn]descendants of her line will stand in his place, and he will come against their military force and enter the fortress of the king H4428 of the North, and he will deal with them and display strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - “And also their gods with their [fn]metal images and their desirable vessels of silver and gold he will bring into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will stand back from attacking the king H4428 of the North for some years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:9 - “Then [fn]the latter will enter the kingdom of the king H4428 of the South, but will return to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - “And the king H4428 of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight [fn]with the king H4428 of the North. Then the latter will cause a great multitude to stand, but that multitude will be given into [fn]the hand of the former.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “And the king H4428 of the North will again cause a much greater multitude than the former to stand, and at the end of the times of those years, he will keep on coming with a great military force and much equipment.

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“Now in those times many will stand against the king H4428 of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to cause the vision to stand, but they will [fn]fall down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - “Then the king H4428 of the North will come, cast up a siege ramp, and capture a well-fortified city; and the might of the South will not stand, not even [fn]their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - “And he will stir up his strength and heart against the king H4428 of the South with a great military force; so the king H4428 of the South will wage war with an extremely large and mighty military force for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - “And as for both kings H4428, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak falsehood at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time.

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“Then the king H4428 will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak [fn]astonishing things against the God of gods; and he will succeed until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.

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“And at the time of the end, the king H4428 of the South will collide with him, and the king H4428 of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter lands, overflow them, and pass through.

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