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