For the Lord Most High is terrible, he is a great king over all the earth. ... Sing praises unto our King, sing praises. ... For God is the King of all the earth, sing praises with understanding.
And it came to pass that the brother of Amalickiah was appointed king over the people, and his name was Ammoron. ... Thus, king Ammoron, the brother of king Amalickiah, was appointed to reign in his stead.
And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done? ... And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless. ... And thou, O king, hast not sinned.
In the first year of Cyrus the king, the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid: the height thereof sixty cubits, and the breadth thereof sixty cubits, with three rows of great stones and a row of new timber. ... And let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.
And it came to pass that they gathered themselves together and did consecrate Amlici to be their king. ... Now when Amlici was made king over them, he commanded them that they should take up arms against their brethren; and this he did that he might subject them to him.
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king. ... And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews?
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 18:22
So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josiah. ... Neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 8:5
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord God of David your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go whoring like unto the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also have slain your brethren of your father’s house, who were better than yourself.
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David, to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life. ... And the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. ... Therefore, now let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant, for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah. ... Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
(Old Covenants) Zechariah 1:41
And it shall come to pass that everyone that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. ... And it shall be that whoever will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
Therefore the Lamanites did spare their lives, and took them captives, and carried them back to the land of Nephi, and granted unto them that they might possess the land under the conditions that they would deliver up the king, Noah, into the hands of the Lamanites and deliver up their property, even one half of all they possessed: one half of their gold, and their silver, and all their precious things. ... And thus they should pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites from year to year. ... And now there was one of the sons of the king among those that were taken captive, whose name was Limhi.
And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword, for Hazor previously was the head of all those kingdoms. ... And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
(Old Covenants) 2 Chronicles 2:24
Thus, Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house.
And as Ammon entered the land of Ishmael, the Lamanites took him and bound him, as was their custom to bind all the Nephites who fell into their hands and carry them before the king. ... And thus it was left to the pleasure of the king to slay them, or to retain them in captivity, or to cast them into prison, or to cast them out of his land, according to his will and pleasure. ... And thus Ammon was carried before the king who was over the land of Ishmael; and his name was Lamoni, and he was a descendant of Ishmael. ... And the king inquired of Ammon if it were his desires to dwell in the land among the Lamanites, or among his people.
And they said unto the king, Let us gather together this people of the Lord, and let us go down to the land of Zarahemla, to our brethren the Nephites, and flee out of the hands of our enemies, that we be not destroyed. ... But the king said unto them, Behold, the Nephites will destroy us because of the many murders and sins we have committed against them. ... And the king said unto him, Yea, if the Lord saith unto us, Go, we will go down unto our brethren, and we will be their slaves until we repair unto them the many murders and sins which we have committed against them. ... But the king said unto him, Inquire of the Lord, and if he saith unto us, Go, we will go; otherwise, we will perish in the land.
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick, and it was told to him, saying, The man of God has come here. ... And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? ... So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son, Benhadad king of Syria, has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? ... And Elisha answered, The Lord has shown me that you shall be king over Syria.
Now king Mosiah had given Alma the authority over the church. ... Therefore, Alma was troubled in his spirit, and he caused that they should be brought before the king. ... And he said unto the king, Behold, here are many whom we have brought before thee, who are accused of their brethren. ... But king Mosiah said unto Alma, Behold, I judge them not; therefore I deliver them into thy hands to be judged.
(Covenant of Christ) Alma 15:2
So when Ammon and his companions saw this brutal slaughter, they were overwhelmed with compassion, and they suggested to the king: Let’s gather this people of the Lord, and let’s go down to the land of Zarahemla to the Nephites and escape from our enemies, so we won’t be destroyed. ... But the king responded: The Nephites will kill us because of the many murders and sins we’ve committed against them. ... And the king replied: Yes, if the Lord says to go, we’ll go down to the Nephites. ... And so the king said: Then go ahead and ask the Lord, and if He tells us, Go, we’ll go.
(Old Covenants) Jeremiah 15:13
Thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. ... Therefore, the princes said unto the king, We implore you, let this man be put to death. ... Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you that has come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. ... Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers kept your law, nor listened unto your commandments and your testimonies with which you did testify against them. ... And it yields much increase unto the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins.
MICAH The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
And there came a multitude, and to their astonishment they beheld the king, and the queen, and their servants, prostrate upon the earth; and they all lay there as though they were dead. ... And now the people began to murmur among themselves, some saying that it was a great evil that had come upon them, or upon the king and his house, because he had suffered that the Nephite should remain in the land. ... But others rebuked them, saying, The king hath brought this evil upon his house because he slew his servants who had had their flocks scattered at the waters of Sebus. ... And they were also rebuked by those men who had stood at the waters of Sebus and scattered the flocks which belonged to the king, for they were angry with Ammon because of the number which he had slain of their brethren at the waters of Sebus while defending the flocks of the king.
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and behold, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a dressing to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. ... Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and will break his arms — the strong and that which was broken — and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. ... And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. ... But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down. ... And they shall know that I am the Lord when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.