Bible on Leadership

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.