KING
divine king:
God as king
(See also GOD, names of, King of kings)
♦ His throne in the midst of the heavenly host
• 1 Kings 22:19 (cf. Isaiah 6:1-3)
♦ His general title as King
♦ His righteous reign from His throne
♦ His existence as King forever
♦ His title as King of glory
♦ His rule over all the earth
♦ His greatness as King
♦ His reign over Zion
♦ His title as King of heaven
♦ His character as King eternal, immortal and invisible
♦ His rule of the nations
Christ as king
(See also CHRIST, OT prophecies of, titles and functions of)
♦ as a king from Abraham's descendants
♦ as ruler from Judah with a scepter
• Genesis 49:10 (cf. Numbers 24:17)
♦ as ruler on David's throne
♦ as ruler over the nations
• Psalms 2:8-9 (cf. Revelation 2:26-27)
♦ as ruler at God's right hand
♦ as a divine ruler
♦ as a just, righteous and wise ruler
♦ as an eternal ruler
♦ as a ruler who shepherds His people
♦ as worldwide ruler
♦ as ruler over Israel
♦ as a ruler and priest combined
♦ as a ruler endowed with salvation
♦ as a humble ruler
♦ as ruler who occupies His throne at His coming
♦ as ruler who judges the nations
• Matthew 25:40 (cf. vv. 31-46)
♦ as claimant to be King of the Jews
• Matthew 27:11 (cf. 27:37)
♦ acknowledgment as King of Israel
♦ attempt by force to make Him king
♦ as ruler over all things
♦ as ruler of the kings of the earth
♦ as ruler in the millennium
• Revelation 20:4, 6
human kings:
in Israel
over the united kingdom
♦ Saul for forty-two years
♦ David for forty years
♦ Solomon for forty years
over the N. Kingdom of Israel
♦ Jeroboam was the first king
♦ Hoshea was the last king
over the S. Kingdom of Judah
♦ Rehoboam was the first king
♦ Zedekiah was the last king
outside of Israel
♦ coalitions of kings
♦ Melchizedek as king of Salem
♦ kings of Edom
♦ Pharaoh king of Egypt
♦ Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan defeated by Israel
♦ kings in Canaan defeated by Israel
♦ various kings defeated by David
♦ Shalmaneser king of Assyria took Israel captive
♦ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took Judah captive
♦ Cyrus king of Persia permitted Jews to return from captivity
♦ Artaxerxes king of Persia had Nehemiah as cupbearer
♦ Ahasuerus king of Persia had Esther as his queen
♦ kings of the earth
♦ Herod the Great as king
♦ Herod Antipas as king
♦ Herod Agrippa I as king
♦ Caesar as king
anointing
♦ in a figurative sense
• Judges 9:8, 15
♦ of Saul
♦ of David
♦ of Solomon
♦ of Jehu
♦ of Cyrus
♦ chronicles of
♦ prayer for
requirements for Israel's kings
♦ specific prohibitions
♦ general prescription
♦ obedience to
♦ principles concerning
• Proverbs 8:15; 16:14-15; 21:1; 22:29; 25:2; 29:4, 12, 14; 31:3; Ecclesiastes 10:20; Jeremiah 21:12; Matthew 22:21
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.