And it came to pass that Amalickiah commanded that his armies should march forth and see what had happened to the king. ... And when they had come to the spot and found the king lying in his gore, Amalickiah pretended to be wroth and said, Whomsoever loved the king, let him go forth and pursue his servants, that they may be slain.
And the king said, You shall surely die Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house. ... And the king said unto the guards that stood about him, Turn and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not show it to me. ... But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies, that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. ... And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.
And it came to pass that when all they who loved the king, when they heard these words, came forth and pursued after the servants of the king. ... Now when the servants of the king saw an army pursuing after them, they were frightened again and fled into the wilderness, and came over into the land of Zarahemla, and joined the people of Ammon.
Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? ... Let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father, for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 3:8
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom. ... Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God. ... Because your God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore he made you king over them, to do judgment and justice.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 7:8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil. ... And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. ... And the king of Israel called for one of his officers and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 9:2
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-Gilead, and the Syrians smote Joram. ... And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in unto the king, she asked for nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. ... So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus, into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, and has extended mercy unto me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Take again another scroll and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. ... And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the Lord: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying the king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and beast? ... Therefore, thus says the Lord unto Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat and in the night to the frost.
Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness unto the king’s son. ... The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents. ... The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. ... Yea, all kings shall fall down before him.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 5:11
After king Limhi finished addressing his people, saying more than what’s recorded here, he informed them about their relatives in the land of Zarahemla. ... Additionally, Ammon explained to king Limhi’s people the final teachings of king Benjamin, to familiarize them with what he taught. ... After finishing, king Limhi dismissed the crowd and allowed them to return to their homes.
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. ... And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. ... And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel that they turned back from pursuing him.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 4:4
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bid, saying, Come again to me on the third day. ... And the king answered them roughly. ... And king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men and answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add unto it. ... So the king listened not unto the people; for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea. ... And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai unto which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? ... For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.
And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David: The king desires not any dowry but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines to be avenged of the king’s enemies. ... And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law, and the days were not expired.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes. ... And the king did according to the word of Memucan, for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. ... And they came to Ophir and fetched from there gold, four hundred twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 18:12
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. ... And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 8:8
Nevertheless, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings. ... And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 9:6
Now Alma, who escaped from king Noah’s servants, repented of his sins and iniquities and began secretly teaching Abinadi’s words to others: about what was coming, the resurrection of the dead, and the redemption of mankind, which was accomplished through Christ’s power, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. ... He taught all those who would listen to him, teaching them privately so it wouldn’t become known to the king. ... It had received its name from the king and was sometimes overrun by wild animals. ... There was a spring of pure water in Mormon, and Alma hid there during the day in a thicket of small trees near the water, to avoid the king’s pursuit.
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! ... Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand. ... Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. ... Has any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ... But the people held their peace and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
And it came to pass that he went in unto him, into the king’s palace, with his brethren, and bowed himself before the king, and said unto him, Behold, O king, we are the brethren of Ammon whom thou hast delivered out of prison. ... And now, O king, if thou wilt spare our lives, we will be thy servants. ... And Aaron said unto the king, Behold, the spirit of the Lord has called him another way; he has gone to the land of Ishmael to teach the people of Lamoni. ... Now the king said unto them, What is this that ye have said concerning the spirit of the Lord? ... And the king said, I know that the Amlicites say that there is a God, and I have granted unto them that they should build sanctuaries, that they may assemble themselves together to worship him.
And it came to pass that when the proclamation had gone forth among them, they were exceeding fraid; yea, they feared to displease the king, and they also feared to go to battle against the Nephites, lest they should lose their lives. ... And it came to pass that they would not, or the more part of them would not, obey the commandment of the king.