Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Let the king
General references
Bible References
Let the king
1 Kings 1:31
Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
Daniel 2:4
The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic begins here): “May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
Daniel 3:9
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever.
Daniel 5:10
Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen came to the banquet hall. “May the king live forever,” she said. “Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale.
Daniel 6:6
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, “May King Darius live forever.
The city
Nehemiah 1:3
They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down.”
Psalm 102:14 For Your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.
and favor its dust.
Psalm 137:6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Lamentations 2:9
ט TetZion’s gates have fallen to the ground;
He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction is no more,
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.
He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.
The place
2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king; he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He died to no one’s regret and was buried in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings.
2 Chronicles 28:27
Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 32:33
Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried on the ascent to the tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. His son Manasseh became king in his place.
General references
Genesis 47:30
When I rest with my fathers, carry me away from Egypt and bury me in their burial place.”
Joseph answered, “I will do what you have asked.”
Joseph answered, “I will do what you have asked.”
Psalm 102:14 For Your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.
and favor its dust.