Quotes About Royalty

And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.

So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

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

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

saying, ëBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.í”

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaohís daughter, whom he had married.

Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ëYou will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.í

When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of 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 its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

Solomonís horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaohís palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.

Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”