Quotes About Kingdom

But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”

You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?í

So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”

and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servantís wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

Then Mephibosheth, Saulís grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.

“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ëI will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.í But my servant Ziba deceived me,

And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”

Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.

Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?

So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.

“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ëSurely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.í

And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.

There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ramís horn and declare, ëLong live King Solomon!í

Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ramís horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ramís horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.

Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.

It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ëLet King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.í”