No King

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, No, not by a mighty hand.

In those days there was No king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

In those days there was No king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

• Adultery
• Beneficence

And it came to pass in those days, when there was No king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. read more And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was No man that took them into his house to lodging. And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is No man that receiveth me to house. Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is No want of any thing. And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was No such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. show less

In those days there was No king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

• Friendship
• Samuel

And Samuel came No more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let No man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

• Hebrew

Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found No fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is No man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is No matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

• Absalom
• Ambition

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have No son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear No tidings, because the king's son is dead.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat No heat.

And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

• Bowels

Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in No wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in No wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

• Liberality
• Stones

And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came No more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

• Music

And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came No such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy No good concerning me, but evil?

There was then No king in Edom: a deputy was king.

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had No son.

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was No water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

• Reproof

Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive No more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought No present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• 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.

• Temple

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had No compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have No portion on this side the river.

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was No place for the beast that was under me to pass.

• Solomon
• Backsliders
• Temptation

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there No king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come No more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king No more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let No man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

• Seal

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may No man reverse.

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and No man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

• Armies

There is No king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

The locusts have No king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is No rising up.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will No more be admonished.

Curse not the king, No not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Thus saith the LORD the king of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is No God.

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is No more bread in the city.

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel No sons? hath he No heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is No more; her prophets also find No vision from the LORD.

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should No more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he No wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be No more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

• Chaldee
• Language

Children in whom was No blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

• Sorcery

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is No king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had No power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have No damage.

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.

• Angel
• Miracles

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done No hurt.

Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and No manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

For now they shall say, We have No king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there No king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and No man gathereth them.

For I will No more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the king, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be No rain.

• Irony
• Sarcasm

But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have No king but Caesar.

Of whom I have No certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.