Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
40 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “king” →
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Save, LORD : let the king hear us when we call.
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD ; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
For the king trusteth in the LORD , and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. …: or, our shield is of the LORD , and our king is of the Holy One of Israel
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD , the King.
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
