Bible Concordances
King

Nave's Topical Bible

• Called KING OF KINGS
  Ezra 7:12; Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37

• Divinely authorized
  Deuteronomy 17:15; 1 Samuel 9:16,17; 16:12; 1 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Chronicles 2:11,12; Proverbs 8:15; Daniel 2:21,37; 4:17; 5:20; Hosea 8:4; 13:11

• How chosen
  • By divine appointment, Saul
    1 Samuel 10:1
  • David and the Davidic dynasty
    1 Samuel 16:1-13

• Hereditary succession
  2 Samuel 7:12-16; 1 Kings 1:28-30; 2 Chronicles 21:3,4; Psalm 89:35-37

• See ISRAEL, KINGS OF JUDAH

• Not hereditary
  1 Chronicles 1:43-51

• See after the revolt, ISRAEL, KINGS OF ISRAEL

• By lot
  1 Samuel 10:20,21

• Modes of induction into office
  • By anointing
  • See ANOINTING

• By proclamation
  2 Samuel 15:10; 1 Kings 1:33,34; 2 Kings 9:13; 11:12

• By an oath
  2 Kings 11:4

• Ceremonial recognition of
  • Prostration
    1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 9:6,8; 1 Kings 1:23,31,47
  • Obeisance
    1 Kings 1:16
  • Kneeling before
    Matthew 27:29
  • Salutation to: "O king, live forever,"
    Daniel 2:4; 6:6,21

• Acts as Judge
  2 Samuel 8:15; 15:2; 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Kings 8:1-6; Psalm 72:1-4; 122:5; Acts 25:11,12,20

• Precepts concerning
  Deuteronomy 17:14-19; Proverbs 31:4,5; Ezekiel 46:16-18

• Obedience to, enjoined
  Ecclesiastes 8:2-5

• Rights and duties of
  Proverbs 25:2,5,6,15; 29:4,12,14; Jeremiah 21:12

• Exercise executive clemency
  1 Samuel 11:13

• Constitutional restrictions of
  Deuteronomy 17:18-20; 1 Samuel 10:24,25; 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Kings 11:12,17; 2 Chronicles 23:11; Jeremiah 34:8-11; Daniel 6:12-15

• Influenced by popular opinion
  • Saul
    1 Samuel 14:45; 15:24
  • David
    2 Chronicles 20:21
  • Hezekiah
    2 Chronicles 30:2
  • Zedekiah
    Jeremiah 38:19,24-27
  • Herod
    Matthew 14:5; Acts 12:2,3
  • Pilate
    John 19:6-13

• Religious duties of
  Ezekiel 45:9-25; 46:2,4-8

• Deification of
  Ezekiel 28:2,9

• Loyalty to, enjoined
  Proverbs 16:14,15; Ecclesiastes 10:20

• Influential queens
  • Bath-sheba
    1 Kings 1:28-34
  • Jezebel
    1 Kings 18:4,13; 19:1-3; 21:5-16
  • Esther
    Esther 5:1-8

• Respect due to
  Job 34:18; Isaiah 8:21; Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17

• Profiting from
  • Confiscations of property
    2 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 21:1-16

• Plunder
  2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Chronicles 26:27; 2 Chronicles 24:23

• Tariff on imports, and internal revenue on merchandise
  1 Kings 10:15-29

• Taxes
  2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 17:11

• Poll tax
  Matthew 17:24-27

• Presents
  1 Samuel 10:27; 16:20; 2 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 10:2,10,25; 2 Chronicles 9:24; Psalm 72:10

• Commissary of
  1 Kings 4:7-19,27,28; 1 Chronicles 27:25-31; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 32:28,29

• Extensive livestock of
  Judges 12:14; 1 Kings 1:33; 4:26; 10:25; 2 Chronicles 9:24,25; Esther 6:8

• Chief officers of
  • The captain of the army
    2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 4:4
  • The recorder
    2 Samuel 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3
  • The scribe
    2 Samuel 8:17; 20:25; 1 Kings 4:3
  • The chief priests
    2 Samuel 8:17; 20:25; 1 Kings 4:2
  • The chief of the bodyguard
    2 Samuel 8:18; 15:18; 20:23; 1 Chronicles 11:25
  • The collector of taxes
    2 Samuel 20:24
  • The chief ruler
    2 Samuel 20:26; 1 Kings 4:5; Esther 3:1,2; 8:1,2,15; 10:3
  • The advisor
    1 Kings 4:5
  • The provincial governors
    Daniel 6:1-3

• Subordinate officers of
  • The governor of the household
    1 Kings 4:6; 2 Chronicles 28:7
  • The keeper of the wardrobe
    2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22

• Drunkenness of, forbidden
  Proverbs 31:4,5

• Drunken, instances of
  Hosea 7:5

• Baasha
  1 Kings 16:9

• Ben-hadad
  1 Kings 20:16

• Belshazzar
  Daniel 5:1-4,23

• Ahasuerus
  Esther 1:7,10; 5:6; 7:2

• Prayer for
  Ezra 6:10

• Prayer for, enjoined
  1 Timothy 2:1,2

• Decrees of, irrevocable
  Esther 8:8; Daniel 6:8,9,12-15

• Chronicles of, recorded
  1 Kings 11:41; 14:19; 2 Kings 21:25; 1 Chronicles 9:1; 27:24; 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 12:15; 20:34; 26:22; 32:32; Ezra 5:17; Esther 6:1

• See GOVERNMENT

• See RULERS

• For the kings of Israel, before and after the revolt of the Ten tribes
  • See ISRAEL