Bible on Leadership

And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.