Occurrences
Malkâh occurs 35 times in 34 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (4), Esther (24), Song of Songs (2)
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen (וּמַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 1 Kings 10:4 — And when the queen (מַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
- 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen (מַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:13 — And king Solomon gave unto the queen (לְמַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen (וּמַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 9:3 — And when the queen (מַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen (מַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba gave king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:12 — And king Solomon gave to the queen (לְמַֽלְכַּת) of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
- Esther 1:9 — Also Vashti the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה) made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 1:11 — To bring Vashti the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה) before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
- Esther 1:12 — But the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֣ה) Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Esther 1:15 — What shall we do unto the queen (בַּמַּלְכָּ֖ה) Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
- Esther 1:16 — And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה) hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 1:17 — For this deed of the queen (הַמַּלְכָּה֙) shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
- Esther 1:17 — For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה) to be brought in before him, but she came not.
- Esther 1:18 — Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה). Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
- Esther 2:22 — And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה); and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
- Esther 4:4 — So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה) exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
- Esther 5:2 — And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה) standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
- Esther 5:3 — Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה) Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
- Esther 5:12 — Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֧ה) did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
- Esther 7:1 — So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּֽה).
- Esther 7:2 — And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה) Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
- Esther 7:3 — Then Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּה֙) answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
- Esther 7:5 — Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה), Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
- Esther 7:6 — And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen (וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה).
- Esther 7:7 — And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה); for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
- Esther 7:8 — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה) also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Esther 8:1 — On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה). And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
- Esther 8:7 — Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה) and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
- Esther 9:12 — And the king said unto Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה), The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
- Esther 9:29 — Then Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֧ה), the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
- Esther 9:31 — To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen (הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה) had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
- Song of Songs 6:8 — There are threescore queens (מְּלָכ֔וֹת), and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
- Song of Songs 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens (מְלָכ֥וֹת) and the concubines, and they praised her.