KING
- Called KING OF KINGS: Ezra.7.12, Ezek.26.7, Dan.2.37
- Divinely authorized: Deut.17.15, 1Sam.9.16, 1Sam.9.17, 1Sam.16.12, 1Chr.22.10, 2Chr.2.11, 2Chr.2.12, Prov.8.15, Dan.2.21, Dan.2.37, Dan.4.17, Dan.5.20, Hos.8.4, Hos.13.11
- How chosen:
- Hereditary succession: 2Sam.7.12-2Sam.7.16, 1Kgs.1.28-1Kgs.1.30, 2Chr.21.3, 2Chr.21.4, Ps.89.35-Ps.89.37
- Not hereditary: 1Chr.1.43-1Chr.1.51
- By lot: 1Sam.10.20, 1Sam.10.21
- Modes of induction into office:
- By proclamation: 2Sam.15.10, 1Kgs.1.33, 1Kgs.1.34, 2Kgs.9.13, 2Kgs.11.12
- By an oath: 2Kgs.11.4
- Ceremonial recognition of:
- Acts as Judge: 2Sam.8.15, 2Sam.15.2, 1Kgs.10.9, 2Kgs.8.1-2Kgs.8.6, Ps.72.1-Ps.72.4, Ps.122.5, Acts.25.11, Acts.25.12, Acts.25.20
- Precepts concerning: Deut.17.14-Deut.17.19, Prov.31.4, Prov.31.5, Ezek.46.16-Ezek.46.18
- Obedience to, enjoined: Eccl.8.2-Eccl.8.5
- Rights and duties of: Prov.25.2, Prov.25.5, Prov.25.6, Prov.25.15, Prov.29.4, Prov.29.12, Prov.29.14, Jer.21.12
- Exercise executive clemency: 1Sam.11.13
- Constitutional restrictions of: Deut.17.18-Deut.17.20, 1Sam.10.24, 1Sam.10.25, 2Sam.5.3, 2Kgs.11.12, 2Kgs.11.17, 2Chr.23.11, Jer.34.8-Jer.34.11, Dan.6.12-Dan.6.15
- Influenced by popular opinion:
- Religious duties of: Ezek.45.9-Ezek.45.25, Ezek.46.2, Ezek.46.4-Ezek.46.8
- Deification of: Ezek.28.2, Ezek.28.9
- Loyalty to, enjoined: Prov.16.14, Prov.16.15, Eccl.10.20
- Influential queens:
- Respect due to: Job.34.18, Isa.8.21, Matt.22.21, Mark.12.17
- Profiting from:
- Plunder: 2Sam.12.30, 1Chr.26.27, 2Chr.24.23
- Tariff on imports, and internal revenue on merchandise: 1Kgs.10.15-1Kgs.10.29
- Taxes: 2Sam.20.24, 1Kgs.12.18, 2Chr.17.11
- Poll tax: Matt.17.24-Matt.17.27
- Presents: 1Sam.10.27, 1Sam.16.20, 2Sam.8.2, 1Kgs.10.2, 1Kgs.10.10, 1Kgs.10.25, 2Chr.9.24, Ps.72.10
- Commissary of: 1Kgs.4.7-1Kgs.4.19, 1Kgs.4.27, 1Kgs.4.28, 1Chr.27.25-1Chr.27.31, 2Chr.26.10, 2Chr.32.28, 2Chr.32.29
- Extensive livestock of: Judg.12.14, 1Kgs.1.33, 1Kgs.4.26, 1Kgs.10.25, 2Chr.9.24, 2Chr.9.25, Esth.6.8
- Chief officers of:
- Subordinate officers of:
- Drunkenness of, forbidden: Prov.31.4, Prov.31.5
- Drunken, instances of: Hos.7.5
- Baasha: 1Kgs.16.9
- Ben-hadad: 1Kgs.20.16
- Belshazzar: Dan.5.1-Dan.5.4, Dan.5.23
- Ahasuerus: Esth.1.7, Esth.1.10, Esth.5.6, Esth.7.2
- Prayer for: Ezra.6.10
- Prayer for, enjoined: 1Tim.2.1, 1Tim.2.2
- Decrees of, irrevocable: Esth.8.8, Dan.6.8, Dan.6.9, Dan.6.12-Dan.6.15
- Chronicles of, recorded: 1Kgs.11.41, 1Kgs.14.19, 2Kgs.21.25, 1Chr.9.1, 1Chr.27.24, 1Chr.29.29, 2Chr.9.29, 2Chr.12.15, 2Chr.20.34, 2Chr.26.22, 2Chr.32.32, Ezra.5.17, Esth.6.1
- For the kings of Israel, before and after the revolt of the ten tribes:
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