Jehovah-Hamelech
Lord King
Psalms 98
A Psalm.
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. (2) The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. (3) He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (4) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. (5) Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. (6) With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. (7) Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (8) Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together (9) Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. (KJV)
A psalm.
1 Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The LORD has made his salvation known
and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3 He has remembered his love
and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
5 make music to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of singing,
6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn—
shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
Let the mountains sing together for joy;
9 let them sing before the LORD,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity. (NIV)
I always like to get a feel for the source word, in this case Hamelech. So I always do a search on it in e-Sword and then review the instances where it occurs. In this case, I really cannot do that. The word Hamalech is found 2522 times in 1920 different verses and it is really beyond me for these writings to study each occurrence of this word. I did spend a couple of hours reviewing the first several hundred occurrences. I got up to most of the way through 2 Kings. I don't know how many instances that is, but I never found God, even once referring to Himself as King in those verses.
There are references, prophecies for the future:
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Referred to in the New Testament:
Matthew 21:5
Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
But again, I cannot find a single verse where God declares Himself King. The closest He comes is when being interviewed by Pilate:
Matthew 27:11
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
This would have been prime time for Jesus to speak what everyone already knew. . . . Prime time to declare it, to let the world know, to shout it out loud. . . . I've always wondered (even to the writing of this tonight) why Jesus did not proclaim Himself at that time. I think that I now may understand.
I find this very interesting. Years ago before cable, when I watched television late at night, in the wee hours when the advertising rates were low and old re-run movies were on there would be ads for used cars. . . "Honest Bob" would come on and tell how wonderful his cars were. He would tell of the time a customer had test driven one of his cars and a quarter had fallen out of the man's pocket and "Honest Bob" had driven 50 miles to return the man's quarter. What an honest man Bob was. All you had to do was listen to him tell you all about how honest he was.
"I am the greatest. . ." Do you remember Muhammad Ali saying that? To anyone who would listen, to everyone. . . he would dance around the ring after a win and proudly proclaim, "I am the greatest. . ."
But you know, it would have been better if others were saying that and not him. A long time ago, I read where if someone starts telling you how honest they are, you'd better grab your wallet and hang tightly on to it. As a Christian, I surely shouldn't need to go around telling everyone how holy and righteous I am. Those things should be manifest in my life and not need to be proclaimed by me.
I think that maybe the same principle is in operation here. If God were to loudly proclaim His own kingship, I think that would weaken His status. Queen Elizabeth II doesn't go around telling everyone that she is the queen of England. Her procession, her attendants, her demeanor, all speak of it. . .without words. . . all inherently demand the respect and honor of a queen. All that would be lessened if, through her own insecurity, she rubbed your face in it by continually proclaiming it herself.
I looked at probably half the instances of Hamelech in the Bible and could not find a single instance where God spoke of his own kingship. He doesn't need to. Everything about Him proclaims it and it is to His honor and to His credit that He never (that I could find) says it Himself. . .
Dave Stokely
Life Tabernacle Church
Elkhart, Indiana
Reference Section
This word (Hamelech) is translated as:
King, kings, royalty
Below are the verses where Strong's number H4428 are found (and some interesting verses I ran across along the way):
Genesis 14:1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 21, 22; 17:6, 16; 20:2; 26:1, 8; 35:11; 36:31; 39:20; 40:1, 5; 41:46; 49:20;
Exodus 1:8, 15, 17, 18; 2:23; 3:18, 19; 5:4; 6:11, 13, 27, 29; 14:5, 8;
Numbers 20:14, 17; 21:1, 21, 22, 26, 29, 33, 34; 22:4, 10; 23:7, 21; 24:7; 31:8; 32:33; 33:40;
Deuteronomy 1:4; 2:24, 26, 30; 3:1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 21; 4:46, 47; 7:8, 24; 11:3; 17:14, 15; 28:36; 29:7; 31:4; 33:5;
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; (15) Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. (16) But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. (17) Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. (18) And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: (19) And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: (20) That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Joshua 2:2, 3, 10; 5:1; 6:2; 8:1, 2, 14, 23, 29; 9:1, 10; 10:1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 33, 37, 39, 40, 42; 11:1, 2, 5, 10, 12, 17, 18; 12:1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; 13:10, 21, 27, 30; 24:9, 12;
Judges 1:7; 3:8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19; 4:2, 17, 23, 24; 5:3, 19; 8:5, 12, 18, 26; 9:6, 8, 15; 11:12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25, 28; 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25;
1 Samuel 2:10; 8:5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 22; 10:19, 24; 12:1, 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25; 14:47; 15:1, 8, 11, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32; 16:1; 17:25, 55, 56; 18:6, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27; 19:4; 20:5, 24, 25, 29; 21:2, 8, 10, 11, 12; 22:3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; 23:20; 24:8, 14; 25:36; 26:14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22; 27:2, 6; 28:13; 29:3, 8;
1 Samuel 2:1-11 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. (2) There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. (3) Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (4) The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (5) They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (6) The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (7) The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (8) He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. (9) He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (10) The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. (11) And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 8:5-22 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (6) But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. (7) And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. (8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. (9) Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. (10) And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. (11) And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. (12) And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. (13) And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (14) And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. (15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (16) And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (17) He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. (18) And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. (19) Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; (20) That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. (21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. (22) And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
1 Samuel 10:18-19 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: (19) And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 12:1-25 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. (2) And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. (3) Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. (4) And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. (5) And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. (6) And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. (7) Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. (8) When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. (9) And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. (10) And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (11) And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. (12) And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. (13) Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. (14) If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: (15) But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. (16) Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. (17) Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. (18) So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. (19) And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. (20) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; (21) And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (22) For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. (23) Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: (24) Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. (25) But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 11; 3:3, 17, 21, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39; 4:8; 5:2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 17; 6:12, 16, 20; 7:1, 2, 3, 18; 8:3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 9:2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13; 10:1, 5, 6, 19; 11:1, 2, 8, 9, 19, 20, 24; 12:7, 30; 13:4, 6, 13, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39; 14:1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33; 15:2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 34, 35; 16:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16; 17:2, 16, 17, 21; 18:2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; 19:1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43; 20:2, 3, 4, 21, 22; 21:2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14; 22:51; 24:2, 3, 4, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24;
1 Kings 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, 53; 2:17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46; 3:1, 4, 13, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; 4:1, 5, 7, 19, 24, 27, 34; 5:1, 13, 17; 6:2; 7:13, 14, 40, 45, 46, 51; 8:1, 2, 5, 14, 62, 63, 64, 66; 9:1, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 26, 28; 10:3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29; 11:1, 14, 18, 23, 26, 27, 37, 40; 12:2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 28; 13:4, 6, 7, 8, 11; 14:2, 14, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; 15:1, 7, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 23, 26; 4:13; 5:1, 5, 6, 7, 8; 6:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30; 7:2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18; 8:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29; 9:3, 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 27, 34; 10:4, 6, 7, 8, 13, 34; 11:2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20; 12:6, 7, 10, 17, 18, 19; 13:1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24; 14:1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33; 16:5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33; 19:15, 16; 20:1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43; 21:1, 10, 13, 18; 22:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 44, 45, 47, 51;
2 Kings 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18; 3:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 28, 29; 15:1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 36, 37; 16:1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; 17:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24, 26, 27; 18:1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 36; 19:1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 20, 32, 36; 20:6, 12, 14, 18, 20; 21:3, 11, 17, 23, 24, 25; 22:3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20; 23:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29; 24:1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20; 25:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30;
1 Chronicles 1:43; 3:2; 4:23, 41; 5:6, 17, 26; 9:1, 18; 11:2, 3; 14:1, 2, 8; 15:29; 16:21; 17:16; 18:3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 17; 19:1, 5, 7, 9; 20:1, 2; 21:3, 4, 6, 23, 24; 24:6, 31; 25:2, 5, 6; 26:26, 30, 32; 27:1, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34; 28:1, 2, 4; 29:1, 6, 9, 20, 23, 24, 25, 29;
2 Chronicles 1:12, 14, 15, 16, 17; 2:3, 11, 12; 4:11, 16, 17; 5:3, 6; 6:3; 7:4, 5, 6, 11; 8:10, 11, 15, 18; 9:5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27; 10:2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18; 11:3; 12:2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13; 13:1; 15:16; 16:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11; 17:19; 18:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; 19:1, 2, 11; 20:15, 34, 35; 21:2, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20; 22:1, 5, 6, 11; 23:3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20; 24:6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27; 25:3, 7, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26; 26:2, 11, 13, 18, 21, 23; 27:5, 7; 28:2, 5, 7, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27; 29:15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30; 30:2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 26; 31:3, 13; 32:1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32; 33:11, 18, 25; 34:11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31; 35:3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 27; 36:3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23; Ezra 1:1, 2, 7, 8; 2:1; 3:7, 10; 4:2, 3, 5, 7; 6:22; 7:1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 27, 28; 8:1, 22, 25, 36; 9:7, 9;
Nehemiah 1:11; 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19; 3:15, 25; 5:4, 14; 6:6, 7; 7:6; 9:22, 24, 32, 34, 37; 11:23, 24; 13:6, 26;
Esther 1:2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23; 3:1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15; 4:2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16; 5:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14; 6:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14; 7:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 8:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17; 9:1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 25; 10:1, 2, 3;
Job 3:14; 12:18; 15:24; 18:14; 29:25; 34:18; 36:7; 41:34;
Psalms 2:2, 6, 10; 5:2; 10:16; 18:50; 20:9; 21:1, 7; 24:7, 8, 9, 10; 29:10; 33:16; 44:4; 45:1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15; 47:2, 6, 7; 48:2, 4; 61:6; 63:11; 68:12, 14, 24, 29; 72:1, 10, 11; 74:12; 76:12; 84:3; 89:18, 27; 95:3; 98:6; 99:4; 102:15; 105:14, 20, 30; 110:5; 119:46; 135:10, 11; 136:17, 18, 19, 20; 138:4; 144:10; 145:1; 148:11; 149:2, 8;
Proverbs 1:1; 8:15; 14:28, 35; 16:10, 12, 13, 14, 15; 19:12; 20:2, 8, 26, 28; 21:1; 22:11, 29; 24:21; 25:1, 2, 3, 5, 6; 29:4, 14; 30:27, 28, 31; 31:1, 3, 4;
Ecclesiastes 1:1, 12; 2:8, 12; 4:13; 5:9; 8:2, 4; 9:14; 10:16, 17, 20;
Song of Solomon 1:4, 12; 3:9, 11; 7:5;
Isaiah 1:1; 6:1, 5; 7:1, 6, 16, 17, 20; 8:4, 7, 21; 10:8, 12; 14:4, 9, 18, 28; 19:4, 11; 20:1, 4, 6; 23:15; 24:21; 30:33; 32:1; 33:17, 22; 36:1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21; 37:1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 21, 33, 37; 38:6, 9; 39:1, 3, 7; 41:2, 21; 43:15; 44:6; 45:1; 49:7, 23; 52:15; 57:9; 60:3, 10, 11, 16; 62:2;
Jeremiah 1:2, 3, 18; 2:26; 3:6; 4:9; 8:1, 19; 10:7, 10; 13:13, 18; 15:4; 17:19, 20, 25; 19:3, 4, 13; 20:4, 5; 21:1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11; 22:1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 18, 24, 25; 23:5; 24:1, 8; 25:1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26; 26:1, 10, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23; 27:1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21; 28:1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 14; 29:2, 3, 16, 21, 22; 30:9; 32:1, 2, 3, 4, 28, 32, 36; 33:4; 34:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21; 35:1, 11; 36:1, 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32; 37:1, 3, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; 38:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27; 39:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13; 40:5, 7, 9, 11, 14; 41:1, 2, 9, 10, 18; 42:11; 43:6, 10; 44:9, 17, 21, 30; 45:1; 46:2, 13, 17, 18, 25, 26; 48:15; 49:1, 3, 28, 30, 34, 38; 50:17, 18, 41, 43; 51:11, 28, 31, 34, 57, 59; 52:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34;
Lamentations 2:6, 9; 4:12;
Ezekiel 1:2; 7:27; 17:12, 16; 19:9; 21:19, 21; 24:2; 26:7; 27:33, 35; 28:12, 17; 29:2, 3, 18, 19; 30:10, 21, 22, 24, 25; 31:2; 32:2, 10, 11, 29; 37:22, 24; 43:7, 9;
Daniel 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21; 2:2, 3, 4; 8:1, 20, 21, 23, 27; 9:6, 8; 10:1, 13; 11:2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 25, 27, 36, 40;
Hosea 1:1; 3:4, 5; 5:1, 13; 7:3, 5, 7; 8:10; 10:3, 6, 7, 15; 11:5; 13:10, 11;
Amos 1:1, 15; 2:1; 7:1, 10, 13;
Jonah 3:6, 7;
Micah 1:1, 14; 2:13; 4:9; 6:5;
Nahum 3:18;
Habakkuk 1:10;
Zephaniah 1:1, 8; 3:15;
Haggai 1:1, 15;
Zechariah 7:1; 9:5, 9; 11:6; 14:5, 9, 10, 16, 17;
Malachi 1:14;
Psalms 98
A Psalm.
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. (2) The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. (3) He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (4) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. (5) Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. (6) With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. (7) Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (8) Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together (9) Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. (KJV)
A psalm.
1 Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The LORD has made his salvation known
and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3 He has remembered his love
and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
5 make music to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of singing,
6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn—
shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
Let the mountains sing together for joy;
9 let them sing before the LORD,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity. (NIV)
I always like to get a feel for the source word, in this case Hamelech. So I always do a search on it in e-Sword and then review the instances where it occurs. In this case, I really cannot do that. The word Hamalech is found 2522 times in 1920 different verses and it is really beyond me for these writings to study each occurrence of this word. I did spend a couple of hours reviewing the first several hundred occurrences. I got up to most of the way through 2 Kings. I don't know how many instances that is, but I never found God, even once referring to Himself as King in those verses.
There are references, prophecies for the future:
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Referred to in the New Testament:
Matthew 21:5
Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
But again, I cannot find a single verse where God declares Himself King. The closest He comes is when being interviewed by Pilate:
Matthew 27:11
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
This would have been prime time for Jesus to speak what everyone already knew. . . . Prime time to declare it, to let the world know, to shout it out loud. . . . I've always wondered (even to the writing of this tonight) why Jesus did not proclaim Himself at that time. I think that I now may understand.
I find this very interesting. Years ago before cable, when I watched television late at night, in the wee hours when the advertising rates were low and old re-run movies were on there would be ads for used cars. . . "Honest Bob" would come on and tell how wonderful his cars were. He would tell of the time a customer had test driven one of his cars and a quarter had fallen out of the man's pocket and "Honest Bob" had driven 50 miles to return the man's quarter. What an honest man Bob was. All you had to do was listen to him tell you all about how honest he was.
"I am the greatest. . ." Do you remember Muhammad Ali saying that? To anyone who would listen, to everyone. . . he would dance around the ring after a win and proudly proclaim, "I am the greatest. . ."
But you know, it would have been better if others were saying that and not him. A long time ago, I read where if someone starts telling you how honest they are, you'd better grab your wallet and hang tightly on to it. As a Christian, I surely shouldn't need to go around telling everyone how holy and righteous I am. Those things should be manifest in my life and not need to be proclaimed by me.
I think that maybe the same principle is in operation here. If God were to loudly proclaim His own kingship, I think that would weaken His status. Queen Elizabeth II doesn't go around telling everyone that she is the queen of England. Her procession, her attendants, her demeanor, all speak of it. . .without words. . . all inherently demand the respect and honor of a queen. All that would be lessened if, through her own insecurity, she rubbed your face in it by continually proclaiming it herself.
I looked at probably half the instances of Hamelech in the Bible and could not find a single instance where God spoke of his own kingship. He doesn't need to. Everything about Him proclaims it and it is to His honor and to His credit that He never (that I could find) says it Himself. . .
Dave Stokely
Life Tabernacle Church
Elkhart, Indiana
Reference Section
This word (Hamelech) is translated as:
King, kings, royalty
Below are the verses where Strong's number H4428 are found (and some interesting verses I ran across along the way):
Genesis 14:1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 21, 22; 17:6, 16; 20:2; 26:1, 8; 35:11; 36:31; 39:20; 40:1, 5; 41:46; 49:20;
Exodus 1:8, 15, 17, 18; 2:23; 3:18, 19; 5:4; 6:11, 13, 27, 29; 14:5, 8;
Numbers 20:14, 17; 21:1, 21, 22, 26, 29, 33, 34; 22:4, 10; 23:7, 21; 24:7; 31:8; 32:33; 33:40;
Deuteronomy 1:4; 2:24, 26, 30; 3:1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 21; 4:46, 47; 7:8, 24; 11:3; 17:14, 15; 28:36; 29:7; 31:4; 33:5;
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; (15) Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. (16) But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. (17) Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. (18) And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: (19) And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: (20) That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Joshua 2:2, 3, 10; 5:1; 6:2; 8:1, 2, 14, 23, 29; 9:1, 10; 10:1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 33, 37, 39, 40, 42; 11:1, 2, 5, 10, 12, 17, 18; 12:1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; 13:10, 21, 27, 30; 24:9, 12;
Judges 1:7; 3:8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19; 4:2, 17, 23, 24; 5:3, 19; 8:5, 12, 18, 26; 9:6, 8, 15; 11:12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25, 28; 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25;
1 Samuel 2:10; 8:5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 22; 10:19, 24; 12:1, 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25; 14:47; 15:1, 8, 11, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32; 16:1; 17:25, 55, 56; 18:6, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27; 19:4; 20:5, 24, 25, 29; 21:2, 8, 10, 11, 12; 22:3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; 23:20; 24:8, 14; 25:36; 26:14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22; 27:2, 6; 28:13; 29:3, 8;
1 Samuel 2:1-11 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. (2) There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. (3) Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (4) The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (5) They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (6) The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (7) The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (8) He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. (9) He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (10) The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. (11) And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 8:5-22 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (6) But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. (7) And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. (8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. (9) Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. (10) And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. (11) And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. (12) And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. (13) And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (14) And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. (15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (16) And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (17) He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. (18) And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. (19) Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; (20) That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. (21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. (22) And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
1 Samuel 10:18-19 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: (19) And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 12:1-25 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. (2) And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. (3) Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. (4) And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. (5) And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. (6) And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. (7) Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. (8) When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. (9) And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. (10) And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (11) And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. (12) And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. (13) Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. (14) If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: (15) But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. (16) Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. (17) Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. (18) So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. (19) And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. (20) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; (21) And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (22) For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. (23) Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: (24) Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. (25) But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 11; 3:3, 17, 21, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39; 4:8; 5:2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 17; 6:12, 16, 20; 7:1, 2, 3, 18; 8:3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 9:2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13; 10:1, 5, 6, 19; 11:1, 2, 8, 9, 19, 20, 24; 12:7, 30; 13:4, 6, 13, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39; 14:1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33; 15:2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 34, 35; 16:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16; 17:2, 16, 17, 21; 18:2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; 19:1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43; 20:2, 3, 4, 21, 22; 21:2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14; 22:51; 24:2, 3, 4, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24;
1 Kings 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, 53; 2:17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 46; 3:1, 4, 13, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; 4:1, 5, 7, 19, 24, 27, 34; 5:1, 13, 17; 6:2; 7:13, 14, 40, 45, 46, 51; 8:1, 2, 5, 14, 62, 63, 64, 66; 9:1, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 26, 28; 10:3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29; 11:1, 14, 18, 23, 26, 27, 37, 40; 12:2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 28; 13:4, 6, 7, 8, 11; 14:2, 14, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; 15:1, 7, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 23, 26; 4:13; 5:1, 5, 6, 7, 8; 6:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30; 7:2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18; 8:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29; 9:3, 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 27, 34; 10:4, 6, 7, 8, 13, 34; 11:2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20; 12:6, 7, 10, 17, 18, 19; 13:1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24; 14:1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33; 16:5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33; 19:15, 16; 20:1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43; 21:1, 10, 13, 18; 22:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 44, 45, 47, 51;
2 Kings 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18; 3:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 28, 29; 15:1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 36, 37; 16:1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; 17:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24, 26, 27; 18:1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 36; 19:1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 20, 32, 36; 20:6, 12, 14, 18, 20; 21:3, 11, 17, 23, 24, 25; 22:3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20; 23:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29; 24:1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20; 25:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30;
1 Chronicles 1:43; 3:2; 4:23, 41; 5:6, 17, 26; 9:1, 18; 11:2, 3; 14:1, 2, 8; 15:29; 16:21; 17:16; 18:3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 17; 19:1, 5, 7, 9; 20:1, 2; 21:3, 4, 6, 23, 24; 24:6, 31; 25:2, 5, 6; 26:26, 30, 32; 27:1, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34; 28:1, 2, 4; 29:1, 6, 9, 20, 23, 24, 25, 29;
2 Chronicles 1:12, 14, 15, 16, 17; 2:3, 11, 12; 4:11, 16, 17; 5:3, 6; 6:3; 7:4, 5, 6, 11; 8:10, 11, 15, 18; 9:5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27; 10:2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18; 11:3; 12:2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13; 13:1; 15:16; 16:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11; 17:19; 18:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; 19:1, 2, 11; 20:15, 34, 35; 21:2, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20; 22:1, 5, 6, 11; 23:3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20; 24:6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27; 25:3, 7, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26; 26:2, 11, 13, 18, 21, 23; 27:5, 7; 28:2, 5, 7, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27; 29:15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30; 30:2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 26; 31:3, 13; 32:1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32; 33:11, 18, 25; 34:11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31; 35:3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 27; 36:3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23; Ezra 1:1, 2, 7, 8; 2:1; 3:7, 10; 4:2, 3, 5, 7; 6:22; 7:1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 27, 28; 8:1, 22, 25, 36; 9:7, 9;
Nehemiah 1:11; 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19; 3:15, 25; 5:4, 14; 6:6, 7; 7:6; 9:22, 24, 32, 34, 37; 11:23, 24; 13:6, 26;
Esther 1:2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23; 3:1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15; 4:2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16; 5:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14; 6:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14; 7:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 8:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17; 9:1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 25; 10:1, 2, 3;
Job 3:14; 12:18; 15:24; 18:14; 29:25; 34:18; 36:7; 41:34;
Psalms 2:2, 6, 10; 5:2; 10:16; 18:50; 20:9; 21:1, 7; 24:7, 8, 9, 10; 29:10; 33:16; 44:4; 45:1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15; 47:2, 6, 7; 48:2, 4; 61:6; 63:11; 68:12, 14, 24, 29; 72:1, 10, 11; 74:12; 76:12; 84:3; 89:18, 27; 95:3; 98:6; 99:4; 102:15; 105:14, 20, 30; 110:5; 119:46; 135:10, 11; 136:17, 18, 19, 20; 138:4; 144:10; 145:1; 148:11; 149:2, 8;
Proverbs 1:1; 8:15; 14:28, 35; 16:10, 12, 13, 14, 15; 19:12; 20:2, 8, 26, 28; 21:1; 22:11, 29; 24:21; 25:1, 2, 3, 5, 6; 29:4, 14; 30:27, 28, 31; 31:1, 3, 4;
Ecclesiastes 1:1, 12; 2:8, 12; 4:13; 5:9; 8:2, 4; 9:14; 10:16, 17, 20;
Song of Solomon 1:4, 12; 3:9, 11; 7:5;
Isaiah 1:1; 6:1, 5; 7:1, 6, 16, 17, 20; 8:4, 7, 21; 10:8, 12; 14:4, 9, 18, 28; 19:4, 11; 20:1, 4, 6; 23:15; 24:21; 30:33; 32:1; 33:17, 22; 36:1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21; 37:1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 21, 33, 37; 38:6, 9; 39:1, 3, 7; 41:2, 21; 43:15; 44:6; 45:1; 49:7, 23; 52:15; 57:9; 60:3, 10, 11, 16; 62:2;
Jeremiah 1:2, 3, 18; 2:26; 3:6; 4:9; 8:1, 19; 10:7, 10; 13:13, 18; 15:4; 17:19, 20, 25; 19:3, 4, 13; 20:4, 5; 21:1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11; 22:1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 18, 24, 25; 23:5; 24:1, 8; 25:1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26; 26:1, 10, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23; 27:1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21; 28:1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 14; 29:2, 3, 16, 21, 22; 30:9; 32:1, 2, 3, 4, 28, 32, 36; 33:4; 34:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21; 35:1, 11; 36:1, 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32; 37:1, 3, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; 38:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27; 39:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13; 40:5, 7, 9, 11, 14; 41:1, 2, 9, 10, 18; 42:11; 43:6, 10; 44:9, 17, 21, 30; 45:1; 46:2, 13, 17, 18, 25, 26; 48:15; 49:1, 3, 28, 30, 34, 38; 50:17, 18, 41, 43; 51:11, 28, 31, 34, 57, 59; 52:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34;
Lamentations 2:6, 9; 4:12;
Ezekiel 1:2; 7:27; 17:12, 16; 19:9; 21:19, 21; 24:2; 26:7; 27:33, 35; 28:12, 17; 29:2, 3, 18, 19; 30:10, 21, 22, 24, 25; 31:2; 32:2, 10, 11, 29; 37:22, 24; 43:7, 9;
Daniel 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21; 2:2, 3, 4; 8:1, 20, 21, 23, 27; 9:6, 8; 10:1, 13; 11:2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 25, 27, 36, 40;
Hosea 1:1; 3:4, 5; 5:1, 13; 7:3, 5, 7; 8:10; 10:3, 6, 7, 15; 11:5; 13:10, 11;
Amos 1:1, 15; 2:1; 7:1, 10, 13;
Jonah 3:6, 7;
Micah 1:1, 14; 2:13; 4:9; 6:5;
Nahum 3:18;
Habakkuk 1:10;
Zephaniah 1:1, 8; 3:15;
Haggai 1:1, 15;
Zechariah 7:1; 9:5, 9; 11:6; 14:5, 9, 10, 16, 17;
Malachi 1:14;
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