'King' in the Bible

And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.

And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS

Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!

Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.

Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.

And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.

In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, King of kings, and Lord of lords;

For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death,

And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.

And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.

And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.