KING

Called KING OF KINGS

Ezr 7:12; Eze 26:7; Da 2:37

Divinely authorized

De 17:15; 1Sa 9:16,17; 16:12; 1Ch 22:10; 2Ch 2:11,12; Pr 8:15; Da 2:21,37; 4:17; 5:20; Ho 8:4; 13:11

How chosen

By divine appointment, Saul

1Sa 10:1

David and the Davidic dynasty

1Sa 16:1-13

Hereditary succession

2Sa 7:12-16; 1Ki 1:28-30; 2Ch 21:3,4; Ps 89:35-37

See ISRAEL, KINGS OF JUDAH

Not hereditary

1Ch 1:43-51

See ISRAEL, KINGS OF ISRAEL, after the revolt

By lot

1Sa 10:20,21

Modes of induction into office

By anointing

See ANOINTING

By proclamation

2Sa 15:10; 1Ki 1:33,34; 2Ki 9:13; 11:12

By an oath

2Ki 11:4

Ceremonial recognition of

Prostration

1Sa 25:41; 2Sa 9:6,8; 1Ki 1:23,31,47

Obeisance

1Ki 1:16

Kneeling before

Mt 27:29

Salutation to: "O king, live forever,"

Da 2:4; 6:6,21

Acts as Judge

2Sa 8:15; 15:2; 1Ki 10:9; 2Ki 8:1-6; Ps 72:1-4; 122:5; Ac 25:11,12,20

Precepts concerning

De 17:14-19; Pr 31:4,5; Eze 46:16-18

Obedience to, enjoined

Ec 8:2-5

Rights and duties of

Pr 25:2,5,6,15; 29:4,12,14; Jer 21:12

Exercise executive clemency

1Sa 11:13

Constitutional restrictions of

De 17:18-20; 1Sa 10:24,25; 2Sa 5:3; 2Ki 11:12,17; 2Ch 23:11; Jer 34:8-11; Da 6:12-15

Influenced by popular opinion

Saul

1Sa 14:45; 15:24

David

2Ch 20:21

Hezekiah

2Ch 30:2

Zedekiah

Jer 38:19,24-27

Herod

Mt 14:5; Ac 12:2,3

Pilate

Joh 19:6-13

Religious duties of

Eze 45:9-25; 46:2,4-8

Deification of

Eze 28:2,9

Loyalty to, enjoined

Pr 16:14,15; Ec 10:20

Influential queens

Bath-sheba

1Ki 1:28-34

Jezebel

1Ki 18:4,13; 19:1-3; 21:5-16

Esther

Es 5:1-8

Respect due to

Job 34:18; Isa 8:21; Mt 22:21; Mr 12:17

Profiting from

Confiscations of property

2Sa 16:4; 1Ki 21:1-16

Plunder

2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 26:27; 2Ch 24:23

Tariff on imports, and internal revenue on merchandise

1Ki 10:15-29

Taxes

2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 12:18; 2Ch 17:11

Poll tax

Mt 17:24-27

Presents

1Sa 10:27; 16:20; 2Sa 8:2; 1Ki 10:2,10,25; 2Ch 9:24; Ps 72:10

Commissary of

1Ki 4:7-19,27,28; 1Ch 27:25-31; 2Ch 26:10; 32:28,29

Extensive livestock of

Jud 12:14; 1Ki 1:33; 4:26; 10:25; 2Ch 9:24,25; Es 6:8

Chief officers of

The captain of the army

2Sa 8:16; 1Ki 4:4

The recorder

2Sa 8:16; 20:24; 1Ki 4:3

The scribe

2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 1Ki 4:3

The chief priests

2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 1Ki 4:2

The chief of the bodyguard

2Sa 8:18; 15:18; 20:23; 1Ch 11:25

The collector of taxes

2Sa 20:24

The chief ruler

2Sa 20:26; 1Ki 4:5; Es 3:1,2; 8:1,2,15; 10:3

The advisor

1Ki 4:5

The provincial governors

Da 6:1-3

Subordinate officers of

The governor of the household

1Ki 4:6; 2Ch 28:7

The keeper of the wardrobe

2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22

Drunkenness of, forbidden

Pr 31:4,5

Drunken, instances of

Ho 7:5

Baasha

1Ki 16:9

Ben-hadad

1Ki 20:16

Belshazzar

Da 5:1-4,23

Ahasuerus

Es 1:7,10; 5:6; 7:2

Prayer for

Ezr 6:10

Prayer for, enjoined

1Ti 2:1,2

Decrees of, irrevocable

Es 8:8; Da 6:8,9,12-15

Chronicles of, recorded

1Ki 11:41; 14:19; 2Ki 21:25; 1Ch 9:1; 27:24; 29:29; 2Ch 9:29; 12:15; 20:34; 26:22; 32:32; Ezr 5:17; Es 6:1

See GOVERNMENT

See RULERS

For the kings of Israel, before and after the revolt of the ten tribes

See ISRAEL