Hosea 13:11

I give you a king in My anger
and take away a king in My wrath.

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to Him, ‘You must set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

1 Samuel 8:7-9

But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.

1 Samuel 12:13

“Now here is the king you’ve chosen, the one you requested. Look, this is the king the Lord has placed over you.

1 Samuel 15:22-23

Then Samuel said:

Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?


Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,
to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

1 Samuel 31:1-7

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

1 Kings 12:15-16

The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events came from the Lord to carry out His word, which the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 12:26-32

Jeroboam said to himself, “The way things are going now, the kingdom might return to the house of David.

1 Kings 14:7-16

Go tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I raised you up from among the people, appointed you ruler over My people Israel,

2 Kings 17:1-4

In the twelfth year of Judah’s King Ahaz, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned nine years.

Proverbs 28:2

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,
but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

Hosea 10:3

In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”

Hosea 10:7

Samaria’s king will disappear
like foam on the surface of the water.

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