Quotes about Reign
He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
— 1 Samuel 8:11
Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
— 1 Samuel 11:12
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
— 1 Samuel 13:1
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
— 2 Samuel 2:10
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
— 2 Samuel 2:11
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
— 2 Samuel 5:4
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
— 2 Samuel 5:5
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
— 2 Samuel 8:15
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
— 2 Samuel 21:1
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
— 1 Kings 1:13
“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
— 1 Kings 1:17
“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
— 1 Kings 1:24