Quotes About Succession

Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”

“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

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.”

“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

And the length of Jeroboamís reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.

And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.

In the second year of Asaís reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

So in the twenty-seventh year of Asaís reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.

And Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.

So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.

But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the kingís face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)

And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.

His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

And Jehoahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And his son Jehoash reigned in his place.