Law Of The King

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in Law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in Law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

• Mourning

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

• JOASH
• Decision

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the Law of the LORD.

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

• Seven

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the Law of thy God which is in thine hand;

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

And whosoever will not do the Law of thy God, and the Law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

• Wine

And the drinking was according to the Law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to Law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one Law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the Law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? the king answered and said, the thing is true, according to the Law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the Law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.