Quotes about Power
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
— 2 Kings 12:20
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
— 2 Kings 12:21
So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
— 2 Kings 13:5
Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
— 2 Kings 13:7
Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
— 2 Kings 13:15
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
— 2 Kings 13:16
But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”
— 2 Kings 13:19
When Hazael king of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad reigned in his place.
— 2 Kings 13:24
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
— 2 Kings 14:5
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
— 2 Kings 15:10
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
— 2 Kings 15:19
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
— 2 Kings 15:30