TopicGovernment & SocietyBoth Testaments

king

Scripture addresses king within God's sovereign ordering of nations and human authority.

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Overview

Discover 7 powerful Bible verses about king. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential government & society topic.

Topical Index

71 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible

Called KING OF KINGS

Ezra 7:12Ezekiel 26:7Daniel 2:37

Divinely authorized

Deuteronomy 17:151 Samuel 9:16,171 Samuel 16:121 Chronicles 22:102 Chronicles 2:11,12Proverbs 8:15+5 more

How chosen

By divine appointment, Saul

1 Samuel 10:1

David and the Davidic dynasty

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Hereditary succession

2 Samuel 7:12-161 Kings 1:28-302 Chronicles 21:3,4Psalms 89:35-37

Not hereditary

1 Chronicles 1:43-51

By

1 Samuel 10:20,21

Modes of induction into office

By anointing

By proclamation

2 Samuel 15:101 Kings 1:33,342 Kings 9:132 Kings 11:12

By an oath

2 Kings 11:4

Ceremonial recognition of

Prostration

1 Samuel 25:412 Samuel 9:6,81 Kings 1:23,31,47

Obeisance

1 Kings 1:16

Kneeling before

Matthew 27:29

Salutation to: "O king, live forever,"

Daniel 2:4Daniel 6:6,21

Acts as Judge

2 Samuel 8:152 Samuel 15:21 Kings 10:92 Kings 8:1-6Psalms 72:1-4Psalms 122:5+1 more

Precepts concerning

Deuteronomy 17:14-19Proverbs 31:4,5Ezekiel 46:16-18

Obedience to, enjoined

Ecclesiastes 8:2-5

Rights and duties of

Proverbs 25:2,5,6,15Proverbs 29:4,12,14Jeremiah 21:12

Exercise executive clemency

1 Samuel 11:13

Constitutional restrictions of

Deuteronomy 17:18-201 Samuel 10:24,252 Samuel 5:32 Kings 11:12,172 Chronicles 23:11Jeremiah 34:8-11+1 more

Influenced by popular opinion

Saul

1 Samuel 14:451 Samuel 15:24

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Key Verses

1

Ezra 7:12

Called KING OF KINGS

2

Deuteronomy 17:15

Divinely authorized

3

1 Samuel 10:1

By divine appointment, Saul

4

1 Samuel 16:1-13

David and the Davidic dynasty

5

2 Samuel 7:12-16

Hereditary succession

6

1 Chronicles 1:43-51

Not hereditary

7

1 Samuel 10:20,21

By

8

2 Samuel 15:10

By proclamation

9

2 Kings 11:4

By an oath

10

1 Samuel 25:41

Prostration

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