'King' in the Bible

And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:

And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.

Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.

That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.

And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

And King Ahasuerus put a tax on the land and on the islands of the sea.

And all his acts of power and his great strength and the full story of the high place which the king gave Mordecai, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia?

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen; working for the good of his people, and saying words of peace to all his seed.

Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.

The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.

The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises to our King, make songs of praise.

For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge.

You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.

We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.

Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free.

Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king.

Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;

Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.

Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.

The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.

Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.