Strong's H4428: מֶלֶךְ (melek) Definition

1 Kings 1:1 - Now king David was old and stricken in years and they covered him with clothes but he gat no heat

1 Kings 1:2 - said Wherefore his servants unto him Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin and let her stand before the king and let her cherish him and let her lie in thy bosom may get heat for my lord the king

1 Kings 1:3 - So they sought damsel for a fair throughout all the coasts of Israel and found Abishag a Shunammite and brought her to the king

1 Kings 1:4 - And the damsel fair was very the king and cherished and ministered the king knew

1 Kings 1:9 - slew And Adonijah sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth which is by Enrogel and called all his brethren sons the king's of Judah servants the king's

1 Kings 1:13 - and get thee in O king David and say unto him Didst not thou my lord O king swear unto thine handmaid and say Assuredly Solomon thy son reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne reign why then doth Adonijah

1 Kings 1:14 - Behold while thou yet talkest there with the king I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words

1 Kings 1:15 - went in And Bathsheba and the king into the chamber and the king old was very and Abishag the Shunammite ministered and the king

1 Kings 1:16 - bowed And Bathsheba and did obeisance And the king said And the king

1 Kings 1:18 - And now behold Adonijah reigneth and now my lord the king thou knowest

1 Kings 1:19 - And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance and hath called all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the captain of the host but Solomon thy servant and hath called

1 Kings 1:20 - And thou my lord O king the eyes of all Israel are upon thee that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne And thou my lord O king after

1 Kings 1:21 - shall sleep Otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord the king with his fathers that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders

1 Kings 1:22 - And lo while she yet talked with the king Nathan the prophet also came in

1 Kings 1:23 - And they told himself before the king saying Behold Nathan the prophet And when he was come in before himself before the king he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground

1 Kings 1:24 - hast thou said And Nathan My lord O king hast thou said Adonijah shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne

1 Kings 1:25 - For he is gone down this day and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance and hath called sons all the king's and the captains of the host and Abiathar the priest and behold they eat and drink before him and say God save all the king's Adonijah

1 Kings 1:27 - by my lord the king done Is this thing and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant who should sit on the throne by my lord the king after

1 Kings 1:28 - answered Then king David and said Call me Bathsheba And she came before Then king and stood before Then king

1 Kings 1:29 - sware And the king and said liveth As the LORD that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress