'Ruled' in the Bible
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, even as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work.
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work.
and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.
Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.
These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people.
that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute, custom and toll were paid to them.
“But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven,And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion,
Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,And those who hated them ruled over them.
O Lord our God, other masters besides You have ruled us;But through You alone we confess Your name.
We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,Like those who were not called by Your name.
Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.