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Melech
King, the second of Micah’s four sons (1 Chr. 8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
the second son of Micah, the son of Merib-baal or Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 8:35; 9:41)
In the Bible
10
Verses where Melech is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 8:35
The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
- 1 Chronicles 9:41
The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
- 2 Kings 23:11
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
- Jeremiah 38:7
Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 38:8
Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
- Jeremiah 38:10
So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
+4 more verses naming Melech.
Scripture on Melech
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Melech references
3
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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