'King' in the Bible

A message from the LORD came to Beeri's son Hosea during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Joash's son Jeroboam, who was king of Israel.

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come in awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the last days.

When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.

They please the king with their evil, and the princes with their dishonesty.

"On the king's festival day the princes got drunk from wine, so the king joined the mockers.

Even though they sold themselves to the nations, I will gather them. They will mourn for a while for the burden they were to the king and princes.

From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'

Indeed, that glory will be carried to Assyria it will become a present for an avenging king. Ephraim will be disgraced, and Israel will become ashamed of its decision.

Samaria's king will float away like driftwood on the surface of water.

The same will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great evil early one morning the king of Israel will be totally silenced."

"They will not return to the land of Egypt; instead, the Assyrian will be their king, because they kept refusing to repent.

Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, "Give me a king and officials!'?

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my fury."