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Called KING OF KINGS Ezra 7:12 · Ezekiel 26:7 · Daniel 2:37
Divinely authorized Deuteronomy 17:15 · 1 Samuel 9:16,17 · 1 Samuel 16:12 · 1 Chronicles 22:10 · 2 Chronicles 2:11,12 · Proverbs 8:15 · Daniel 2:21,37 · Daniel 4:17 · Daniel 5:20 · Hosea 8:4 · Hosea 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 · Psalms 89:35-37
See also: Israel, Kings Of Judah
Not hereditary 1 Chronicles 1:43-51
See also: Israel, Kings Of Israel, After The Revolt
By lot 1 Samuel 10:20,21
Modes of induction into office
By anointing
See also: Anointing
By proclamation 2 Samuel 15:10 · 1 Kings 1:33,34 · 2 Kings 9:13 · 2 Kings 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 · Daniel 6:6,21
Acts as Judge 2 Samuel 8:15 · 2 Samuel 15:2 · 1 Kings 10:9 · 2 Kings 8:1-6 · Psalms 72:1-4 · Psalms 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 · Proverbs 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 · 1 Samuel 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 · Ezekiel 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 · 1 Kings 19:1-3 · 1 Kings 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 · 1 Samuel 16:20 · 2 Samuel 8:2 · 1 Kings 10:2,10,25 · 2 Chronicles 9:24 · Psalms 72:10
Commissary of 1 Kings 4:7-19,27,28 · 1 Chronicles 27:25-31 · 2 Chronicles 26:10 · 2 Chronicles 32:28,29
Extensive livestock of Judges 12:14 · 1 Kings 1:33 · 1 Kings 4:26 · 1 Kings 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 · 2 Samuel 20:24 · 1 Kings 4:3
The scribe 2 Samuel 8:17 · 2 Samuel 20:25 · 1 Kings 4:3
The chief priests 2 Samuel 8:17 · 2 Samuel 20:25 · 1 Kings 4:2
The chief of the bodyguard 2 Samuel 8:18 · 2 Samuel 15:18 · 2 Samuel 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 · Esther 8:1,2,15 · Esther 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 · Esther 5:6 · Esther 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 · 1 Kings 14:19 · 2 Kings 21:25 · 1 Chronicles 9:1 · 1 Chronicles 27:24 · 1 Chronicles 29:29 · 2 Chronicles 9:29 · 2 Chronicles 12:15 · 2 Chronicles 20:34 · 2 Chronicles 26:22 · 2 Chronicles 32:32 · Ezra 5:17 · Esther 6:1
See also: Government
See also: Rulers
For the kings of Israel, before and after the revolt of the ten tribes
See also: Israel
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.