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