The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation thereof trouble you. ... The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven and the sight thereof to all the earth, whose leaves were fair and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelled, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation — it is you, O king, that are grown and become strong; for your greatness is grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of Heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily; unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. ... For why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
And Og the king of Bashan went out against them — he and all his people — to the battle at Edrei. ... And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not, for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled at Heshbon.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 1:8
You’ve called me your king, and if I, whom you call your king, work to serve you, then shouldn’t you also work to serve each other? ... As your king, I’ve served both you and God. ... If you feel grateful towards me, direct your gratitude towards our heavenly King instead.
And ye all are witnesses this day that Zeniff, who was made king over this people, he being overzealous to inherit the land of his fathers, therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman, who, having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land, or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom, and the land round about, and all this he did for the sole purpose of bringing this people into subjection or into bondage. ... And behold, we, at this time, do pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites, to the amount of one half of our corn, and our barley, and even all our grain of every kind, and one half of the increase of our flocks and our herds; and even one half of all we have or possess, the king of the Lamanites doth exact of us — or our lives.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste and spoke, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? ... They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. ... And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. ... Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word and yielded their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God. ... Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
(Old Covenants) Proverbs 2:326
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.
And it came to pass that when they had established a church in that land, that king Lamoni desired that Ammon should go with him to the land of Nephi, that he might shew him unto his father. ... And the voice of the Lord came to Ammon, saying, Thou shalt not go up to the land of Nephi; for behold, the king will seek thy life.
(Book of Mormon) Words of Mormon 1:5
And now concerning this king Benjamin, he had somewhat contentions among his own people. ... But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand against them.
(Covenant of Christ) Alma 23:12
Teancum quietly entered the king’s tent and impaled his heart with a javelin. ... The king died immediately without waking his servants.
(Covenant of Christ) Mosiah 9:18
They informed Gideon’s soldiers that they had killed the king and that his priests ran into the wilderness. ... After they finished the discussion, they returned to the land of Nephi, rejoicing because their wives and children hadn’t been killed; and they told Gideon they executed the king.
(Covenant of Christ) Words of Mormon 1:5
As for king Benjamin, he had some conflicts among his own people. ... But king Benjamin assembled an army and opposed them, personally joining the fight and using Laban’s sword.
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised: in order to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. ... For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelled in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
There was then no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
And when the new moon had come, the king sat him down to eat a meal. ... And the king sat upon his seat as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 16:35
And for this cause, Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to Heaven. ... And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.
And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you king over Israel. ... Then they hastened and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim, and made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. ... And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
And it came to pass on the day the Lord spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt that the Lord commanded Moses that he should speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, All that I say unto you, saying, I, the Lord, will do unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I say unto you.
As I live, says the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwells that made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort. ... This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king:
And this Melchizedek, having thus established righteousness, was called the King of Heaven by his people — or in other words, the King of Peace.
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. ... And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them for himself, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. ... And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. ... And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite — they and their men. ... Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. ... In the day of our king, the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. ... All their kings are fallen, there is none among them that calls unto me.