'King' in the Bible

The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

Thine arrows are sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

All glory is the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work is her clothing.

In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth.

Praise God -- praise -- give praise to our king, praise.

For king of all the earth is God, Give praise, O understanding one.

Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.

And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

And God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

(Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.

For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

For a great God is Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.

With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.

Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all kingdoms of Canaan.

Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age is His kindness.

And Og king of Bashan, For to the age is His kindness.

Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.

Israel doth rejoice in his Maker, Sons of Zion do joy in their king.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

In the multitude of a people is the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

The favour of a king is to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!

An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

The fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.

Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him.

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

Where the word of a king is power is, and who saith to him, 'What dost thou?'

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

While the king is in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.

A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,

Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!

Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

In the year of the death of king Uzziah -- I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.

And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

And it cometh to pass in the days of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, gone up hath Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle against it, and he is not able to fight against it.

We go up into Judah, and we vex it, And we rend it unto ourselves, And we cause a king to reign in its midst -- The son of Tabeal.

Jehovah bringeth on thee, and on thy people, And on the house of thy father, Days that have not come, Even from the day of the turning aside of Ephraim from Judah, By the king of Asshur.

In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth.

for before the youth doth know to cry, My father, and My mother, one taketh away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur.'

Therefore, lo, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great, (The king of Asshur, and all his glory,) And it hath gone up over all its streams, And hath gone on over all its banks.

-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes.

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:

And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king doth rule over them, An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.

In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sendeth him, and he fighteth against Ashdod, and captureth it,

so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered -- the nakedness of Egypt;

and the inhabitant of this isle hath said in that day -- Lo, thus is our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape -- we?'

And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot.

For, arranged from former time is Tophet, Even it for the king is prepared, He hath made deep, He hath made large, Its pile is fire and much wood, The breath of Jehovah, As a stream of brim stone, is burning in it!

Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.

And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them.

And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field,

And Rabshakeh saith unto them, 'Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, 'Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What is this confidence in which thou hast confided?

Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed -- on Egypt -- which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it -- so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.

'And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them.

And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice in Jewish, and saith, 'Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:

Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;

and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

'Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,

lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. 'Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'

And it cometh to pass, at the king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

'It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear the words of Rabshakeh with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.'