Quotes About Power

During Jehoiakimís reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.

And Davidís fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.

He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

together with all the details of his reign, his might, and the circumstances that came upon him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the lands.

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

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

The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

Solomonís horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.