Quotes about Monarchy
Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
— 1 Kings 1:27
Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
— 1 Kings 1:35
“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
— 1 Kings 1:43
Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
— 1 Kings 1:46
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
— 1 Kings 2:11
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
— 1 Kings 2:12
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
— 1 Kings 4:1
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
— 1 Kings 11:42
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
— 1 Kings 22:47
So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
— 2 Kings 10:36
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
— 2 Kings 11:12
Joash was seven years old when he became king.
— 2 Kings 11:21