KING

• Called KING OF KINGS Ezra 7:12; Ezek. 26:7; Dan. 2:37
• Divinely authorized Dt. 17:15; 1 Sam. 9:16,17, 16:12; 1 Chr. 22:10; 2 Chr. 2:11,12; Pr. 8:15; Dan. 2:21, 37, 4:17, 5:20; Hos. 8:4, 13:11
• How chosen
  • By divine appointment, Saul 1 Sam. 10:1
  • David and the Davidic dynasty 1 Sam. 16:1-13
    • Hereditary succession 2 Sam. 7:12-16; 1 Ki. 1:28-30; 2 Chr. 21:3,4; Ps. 89:35-37
      • See ISRAEL, KINGS OF JUDAH
    • Not hereditary 1 Chr. 1:43-51
      • See ISRAEL, KINGS OF ISRAEL, after the revolt
  • By lot 1 Sam. 10:20,21
• Modes of induction into office
  • By anointing
    • See ANOINTING
  • By proclamation 2 Sam. 15:10; 1 Ki. 1:33,34; 2 Ki. 9:13, 11:12
  • By an oath 2 Ki. 11:4
• Ceremonial recognition of
  • Prostration 1 Sam. 25:41; 2 Sam. 9:6, 8; 1 Ki. 1:23, 31, 47
  • Obeisance 1 Ki. 1:16
  • Kneeling before Mt. 27:29
  • Salutation to: "O king, live forever," Dan. 2:4, 6:6, 21
• Acts as Judge 2 Sam. 8:15, 15:2; 1 Ki. 10:9; 2 Ki. 8:1-6; Ps. 72:1-4, 122:5; Acts 25:11,12, 20
• Precepts concerning Dt. 17:14-19; Pr. 31:4,5; Ezek. 46:16-18
• Obedience to, enjoined Eccl. 8:2-5
• Rights and duties of Pr. 25:2, 5,6, 15, 29:4, 12, 14; Jer. 21:12
• Exercise executive clemency 1 Sam. 11:13
• Constitutional restrictions of Dt. 17:18-20; 1 Sam. 10:24,25; 2 Sam. 5:3; 2 Ki. 11:12, 17; 2 Chr. 23:11; Jer. 34:8-11; Dan. 6:12-15
• Influenced by popular opinion
  • Saul 1 Sam. 14:45, 15:24
  • David 2 Chr. 20:21
  • Hezekiah 2 Chr. 30:2
  • Zedekiah Jer. 38:19, 24-27
  • Herod Mt. 14:5; Acts 12:2,3
  • Pilate Jn. 19:6-13
• Religious duties of Ezek. 45:9-25, 46:2, 4-8
• Deification of Ezek. 28:2, 9
• Loyalty to, enjoined Pr. 16:14,15; Eccl. 10:20
• Influential queens
  • Bath-sheba 1 Ki. 1:28-34
  • Jezebel 1 Ki. 18:4, 13, 19:1-3, 21:5-16
  • Esther Esther 5:1-8
• Respect due to Job 34:18; Isa. 8:21; Mt. 22:21; Mk. 12:17
• Profiting from
  • Confiscations of property 2 Sam. 16:4; 1 Ki. 21:1-16
  • Plunder 2 Sam. 12:30; 1 Chr. 26:27; 2 Chr. 24:23
  • Tariff on imports, and internal revenue on merchandise 1 Ki. 10:15-29
  • Taxes 2 Sam. 20:24; 1 Ki. 12:18; 2 Chr. 17:11
  • Poll tax Mt. 17:24-27
  • Presents 1 Sam. 10:27, 16:20; 2 Sam. 8:2; 1 Ki. 10:2, 10, 25; 2 Chr. 9:24; Ps. 72:10
• Commissary of 1 Ki. 4:7-19, 27,28; 1 Chr. 27:25-31; 2 Chr. 26:10, 32:28,29
• Extensive livestock of Judg. 12:14; 1 Ki. 1:33, 4:26, 10:25; 2 Chr. 9:24,25; Esther 6:8
• Chief officers of
  • The captain of the army 2 Sam. 8:16; 1 Ki. 4:4
  • The recorder 2 Sam. 8:16, 20:24; 1 Ki. 4:3
  • The scribe 2 Sam. 8:17, 20:25; 1 Ki. 4:3
  • The chief priests 2 Sam. 8:17, 20:25; 1 Ki. 4:2
  • The chief of the bodyguard 2 Sam. 8:18, 15:18, 20:23; 1 Chr. 11:25
  • The collector of taxes 2 Sam. 20:24
  • The chief ruler 2 Sam. 20:26; 1 Ki. 4:5; Esther 3:1,2, 8:1,2, 15, 10:3
  • The advisor 1 Ki. 4:5
  • The provincial governors Dan. 6:1-3
• Subordinate officers of
  • The governor of the household 1 Ki. 4:6; 2 Chr. 28:7
  • The keeper of the wardrobe 2 Ki. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22
• Drunkenness of, forbidden Pr. 31:4,5
• Drunken, instances of Hos. 7:5
  • Baasha 1 Ki. 16:9
  • Ben-hadad 1 Ki. 20:16
  • Belshazzar Dan. 5:1-4, 23
  • Ahasuerus Esther 1:7, 10, 5:6, 7:2
• Prayer for Ezra 6:10
• Prayer for, enjoined 1 Tim. 2:1,2
• Decrees of, irrevocable Esther 8:8; Dan. 6:8,9, 12-15
• Chronicles of, recorded 1 Ki. 11:41, 14:19; 2 Ki. 21:25; 1 Chr. 9:1, 27:24, 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29, 12:15, 20:34, 26:22, 32:32; Ezra 5:17; Esther 6:1
  • See GOVERNMENT
  • See RULERS
• For the kings of Israel, before and after the revolt of the ten tribes
  • See ISRAEL