The word in Scripture

King in the Bible

The word king appears 2540 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A king rules and defends his people; the true King answers to God alone. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What king means in the Bible

A king rules and defends his people; the true King answers to God alone.

Where the word king appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word king appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.”Psalms 24:10

“Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:”Psalms 135:11

“Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?”Isaiah 37:13

“And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;”Matthew 1:6

“But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.”Matthew 22:7

“Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?”John 18:33

“And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.”John 19:19

“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”Revelation 19:16