Quotes about Kings
Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
— Judges 5:3
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
— Judges 5:19
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
— Judges 8:5
When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
— Judges 8:12
That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
— 1 Samuel 27:6
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
— 2 Samuel 10:19
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 11:1
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
— 1 Kings 1:7
But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
— 1 Kings 1:10
But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.
— 1 Kings 1:18
And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
— 1 Kings 1:22
“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