Quotes About King

Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His motherís name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the kingís son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.

The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the kingís son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORDís people.

He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His motherís name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

At the kingís command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.

Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His motherís name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.

While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His motherís name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His motherís name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.

At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His motherís name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.