Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. ... He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. ... And the Lord was with him, and he prospered wherever he went forth, and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and served him not.
(Old Covenants) 2 Samuel 10:13
He is the tower of salvation for his king and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David and to his seed for ever.
(Old Covenants) Proverbs 2:306
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
(Old Covenants) Proverbs 2:194
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king, his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
The words of king Lemuel — the prophecy that his mother taught him.
And it came to pass that king Lamoni caused that his servants should stand forth and testify to all the things which they had seen concerning the matter. ... And they answered the king and said, Whether he be the Great Spirit or a man, we know not; but this much we do know, that he cannot be slain by the enemies of the king, neither can they scatter the king’s flocks when he is with us because of his expertness and great strength. ... Therefore, we know that he is a friend to the king. ... And now, O king, we do not believe that a man has such great power, for we know that he cannot be slain. ... And now when the king heard these words, he said unto them, Now I know that it is the Great Spirit, and he has come down at this time to preserve your lives, that I might not slay you as I did your brethren.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven. ... And he put down the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. ... And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the chamberlain which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. ... And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord did the king beat down, and broke them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. ... And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
(Old Covenants) Proverbs 2:198
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
(Old Covenants) Deuteronomy 1:10
Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. ... And you shall do unto him as you did unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled at Heshbon. ... So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people. ... And we utterly destroyed them as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
(Teachings and Commandments) Testimony of St. John 11:10
Then Pilate stepped back into the judgment hall and addressed Jesus and said to him, You are the King of the Jews? ... Pilate responded, So you admit you claim to be a King? ... Jesus replied, It was you that just said I was a king. ... You have asked me for clemency for a Jewish prisoner to respect your Passover; shall I free your King of the Jews?
(Covenant of Christ) Alma 29:16
He climbed from place to place, until he found the king; and he threw a javelin at him, which pierced him near the heart. ... But the king woke up his servant before he died, and he chased Teancum and killed him.
And Joram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because he had no son. ... Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. ... So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor and upward, and stood in the border. ... The kings are surely slain and they have smitten one another. ... And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords to break through even unto the king of Edom, but they could not.
Nevertheless, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. ... So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. ... 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.
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, went up towards Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
And it came to pass that he refused and would not be their king. ... And he commanded them that they should constrain no man to be their king. ... And it came to pass that neither would the sons of Jared, even all, save it were one — and Orihah was anointed to be king over the people.
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died for his sins which he sinned, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel to sin. ... Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 7:9
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria. ... And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-Gilead and prosper, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL OTHERWISE CALLED THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
(Old Covenants) Proverbs 2:144
In the multitude of people is the king’s honor, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
(Old Covenants) Proverbs 4:111
The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity built the temple unto the Lord God of Israel, then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do, and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here. ... But Zerubbabel, and Joshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said unto them, You have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God, but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us. ... Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. ... And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia, and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
And it came to pass that Noah rebelled against Shule the king, and also his father Corihor, and drew away Cohor his brother, and also all his brethren, and many of the people. ... And he gave battle unto Shule the king, in which he did obtain the land of their first inheritance; and he became a king over that part of the land. ... And it came to pass that he gave battle again unto Shule the king; and he took Shule the king, and carried him away captive into Moron. ... Nevertheless, they did not gain power any more over Shule the king. ... And the people who were under the reign of Shule the king did prosper exceedingly and waxed great.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 11:1
The Lord warned Alma that king Noah’s armies were coming to attack them, and Alma told his people. ... So they gathered their flocks, took their grain, and went into the wilderness ahead of king Noah’s armies. ... The Lord gave them strength, so they stayed ahead of king Noah’s people coming to kill them.