Occurrences
Merkâbâh occurs 44 times in 41 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (2), Joshua (2), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (6), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Joel (1), Micah (2), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (3)
- Genesis 41:43 — And he made him to ride in the second chariot (בְּמִרְכֶּ֤בֶת) which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 46:29 — And Joseph made ready his chariot (מֶרְכַּבְתּ֔וֹ), and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Exodus 14:25 — And took off their chariot (מַרְכְּבֹתָ֔יו) wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
- Exodus 15:4 — Pharaoh’s chariots (מַרְכְּבֹ֥ת) and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
- Joshua 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots (מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם) with fire.
- Joshua 11:9 — And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots (מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם) with fire.
- Judges 4:15 — And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֖ה), and fled away on his feet.
- Judges 5:28 — The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots (מַרְכְּבוֹתָֽיו)?
- 1 Samuel 8:11 — 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 (בְּמֶרְכַּבְתּ֣וֹ), and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
- 1 Samuel 8:11 — 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 (מֶרְכַּבְתּֽוֹ).
- 2 Samuel 15:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots (מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה) and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- 1 Kings 7:33 — And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֑ה) wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
- 1 Kings 10:29 — And a chariot (מֶרְכָּבָ֤ה) came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 1 Kings 12:18 — Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot (בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה), to flee to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 20:33 — Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָֽה).
- 1 Kings 22:35 — And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot (בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֖ה) against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
- 2 Kings 5:21 — So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה) to meet him, and said, Is all well?
- 2 Kings 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot (מֶרְכַּבְתּ֖וֹ) to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
- 2 Kings 9:27 — But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה). And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
- 2 Kings 10:15 — And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָֽה).
- 2 Kings 23:11 — And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots (מַרְכְּב֥וֹת) of the sun with fire.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 — And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה) of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 — And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot (מֶרְכָּבָה֙) for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 — And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots (וּמַרְכָּב֔וֹת), and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 10:18 — Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot (בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה), to flee to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 — And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots (וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת); and came unto Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 18:34 — And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot (בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה) against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
- 2 Chronicles 35:24 — His servants therefore took him out of that chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה), and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
- Song of Songs 6:12 — Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots (מַרְכְּב֖וֹת) of Amminadib.
- Isaiah 2:7 — Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots (לְמַרְכְּבֹתָֽיו):
- Isaiah 22:18 — He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots (מַרְכְּב֣וֹת) of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
- Isaiah 66:15 — For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots (מַרְכְּבֹתָ֑יו) like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
- Jeremiah 4:13 — Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots (מַרְכְּבוֹתָ֔יו) shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
- Joel 2:5 — Like the noise of chariots (מַרְכָּב֗וֹת) on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
- Micah 1:13 — O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot (הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה) to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
- Micah 5:10 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots (מַרְכְּבֹתֶֽיךָ):
- Nahum 3:2 — The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots (וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה).
- Habakkuk 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots (מַרְכְּבֹתֶ֖יךָ) of salvation?
- Haggai 2:22 — And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots (מֶרְכָּבָה֙), and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
- Zechariah 6:1 — And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out (מַרְכָּבוֹת֙) from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- Zechariah 6:2 — In the first chariot (בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה) were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
- Zechariah 6:2 — In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot (וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה) black horses;
- Zechariah 6:3 — And in the third chariot (וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה) white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
- Zechariah 6:3 — And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot (וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה֙) grisled and bay horses.