Quotes About Authority

And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ëI have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.

And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ëAll that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.í” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.

Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.

Then the prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please!” So the man struck him and wounded him,

But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahabís name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ëYou have cursed both God and the king!í Then take him out and stone him to death.”

So the elders and nobles who lived in Nabothís city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

And he replied, ëI will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.í ëYou will surely entice him and prevail,í said the LORD. ëGo and do it.í

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the kingís son,

and tell them that this is what the king says: ëPut this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.í”

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ëYou will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.í” So Elijah departed.