Quotes about Authority
and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
- 2 Kings 9:5
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
- 2 Kings 9:12
So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
- 2 Kings 9:19
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
- 2 Kings 9:31
“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