Quotes about Authority
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
— 2 Kings 9:33
“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
— 2 Kings 10:2
But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
— 2 Kings 10:4
Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
— 2 Kings 10:12
You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
— 2 Kings 11:8
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
So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.
— 2 Kings 16:16
This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
— 2 Kings 18:29
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
— 2 Kings 18:36
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
— 2 Kings 22:11
And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
— 2 Kings 22:15
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
— 2 Kings 23:1