Quotes About King

When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

Nevertheless, the kingís word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

Ahithophel was the kingís counselor. Hushai the Archite was the kingís friend.

Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my fatherís house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my fatherís household, and from my fatherís sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the kingís palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiramís servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”