King: Called King of Kings

Ezr 7:12; Eze 26:7; Dan 2:37

King: Divinely Authorized

Deu 17:15; 1Sa 9:16, 17; 16:12; 1Ch 22:10; 2Ch 2:11, 12; Pro 8:15; Dan 2:21, 37; 4:17; 5:20; Hsa 8:4; 13:11

King: How Chosen:

By divine appointment, Saul,

1Sa 10:1;

David and the Davidic dynasty,

1Sa 16:1-13.

King: Hereditary Succession

2Sa 7:12-16; 1Ki 1:28-30; 2Ch 21:3, 4; Psa 89:35-37

See ISRAEL, KINGS OF JUDAH

King: Not Hereditary

1Ch 1:43-51

King: After the Revolt

See ISRAEL, KINGS OF ISRAEL

King: By Lot

1Sa 10:20, 21

King: Modes of Induction into Office:

By anointing.

See ANOINTING

By proclamation,

2Sa 15:10; 1Ki 1:33, 34; 2Ki 9:13; 11:12;

by an oath,

2Ki 11:4.

King: Ceremonial Recognition Of:

Prostration,

1Sa 25:41; 2Sa 9:6, 8; 1Ki 1:23, 31, 47;

obeisance,

1Ki 1:16;

kneeling before,

Mat 27:29;

salutation to: "O king, live forever,"

Dan 2:4; 6:6, 21.

King: Acts as Judge

2Sa 8:15; 15:2; 1Ki 10:9; 2Ki 8:1-6; Psa 72:1-4; 122:5; Act 25:11, 12, 20

King: Precepts Concerning

Deu 17:14-19; Pro 31:4, 5; Eze 46:16-18

King: Obedience To

Enjoined,

Ecc 8:2-5.

King: Rights and Duties Of

Pro 25:2, 5, 6, 15; 29:4, 12, 14; Jer 21:12

King: Exercise Executive Clemency

1Sa 11:13

King: Constitutional Restrictions Of

Deu 17:18-20; 1Sa 10:24, 25; 2Sa 5:3; 2Ki 11:12, 17; 2Ch 23:11; Jer 34:8-11; Dan 6:12-15

King: Influenced by Popular Opinion:

Saul,

1Sa 14:45; 15:24;

David,

2Ch 20:21;

Hezekiah,

2Ch 30:2;

Zedekiah,

Jer 38:19, 24-27;

Herod,

Mat 14:5; Act 12:2, 3;

Pilate,

Jhn 19:6-13.

King: Religious Duties Of

Eze 45:9-25; 46:2, 4-8

King: Deification Of

Eze 28:2, 9

King: Loyalty To

Enjoined,

Pro 16:14, 15; Ecc 10:20.

King: Influential Queens:

Bath-sheba,

1Ki 1:28-34;

Jezebel,

1Ki 18:4, 13; 19:1-3; 21:5-16;

Esther,

Est 5:1-8.

King: Respect Due To

Job 34:18; Isa 8:21; Mat 22:21; Mar 12:17

King: Emoluments Of (Profiting From):

Confiscations of property,

2Sa 16:4; 1Ki 21:1-16.

Plunder,

2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 26:27; 2Ch 24:23.

Tariff on imports, and internal revenue on merchandise,

1Ki 10:15-29.

Taxes,

2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 12:18; 2Ch 17:11.

Poll tax,

Mat 17:24-27.

Presents,

1Sa 10:27; 16:20; 2Sa 8:2; 1Ki 10:2, 10, 25; 2Ch 9:24; Psa 72:10.

Commissary of,

1Ki 4:7-19, 27, 28; 1Ch 27:25-31; 2Ch 26:10; 32:28, 29.

King: Extensive Livestock Of

Jdg 12:14; 1Ki 1:33; 4:26; 10:25; 2Ch 9:24, 25; Est 6:8

King: Chief Officers Of:

Captain of the army,

2Sa 8:16; 1Ki 4:4;

recorder,

2Sa 8:16; 20:24; 1Ki 4:3;

scribe,

2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 1Ki 4:3;

chief priests,

2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 1Ki 4:2;

chief of the bodyguard,

2Sa 8:18; 15:18; 20:23; 1Ch 11:25;

collector of taxes,

2Sa 20:24;

chief ruler,

2Sa 20:26; 1Ki 4:5; Est 3:1, 2; 8:1, 2, 15; 10:3;

advisor,

1Ki 4:5;

provincial governors,

Dan 6:1-3.

King: Subordinate Officers Of:

Governor of the household,

1Ki 4:6; 2Ch 28:7;

keeper of the wardrobe,

2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22.

King: Drunkenness Of

Forbidden,

Pro 31:4, 5.

King: Drunken

Instances Of:

Hsa 7:5;

Baasha,

1Ki 16:9;

Ben-Hadad,

1Ki 20:16;

Belshazzar,

Dan 5:1-4, 23;

Ahasuerus,

Est 1:7, 10; 5:6; 7:2.

King: Prayer For

Ezr 6:10

King: Prayer For, Enjoined

1Ti 2:1, 2

King: Decrees Of

Irrevocable,

Est 8:8; Dan 6:8, 9, 12-15.

King: Chronicles Of

Kept (recorded),

1Ki 11:41; 14:19; 2Ki 21:25; 1Ch 9:1; 27:24; 29:29; 2Ch 9:29; 12:15; 20:34; 26:22; 32:32; Ezr 5:17; Est 6:1.

King: References Concerning

See GOVERNMENT; RULERS

King: For the Kings of Israel

Before and after the revolt of the ten tribes, see ISRAEL