Ezekiel 17:14

17:14 so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

Ezra 7:12

7:12 ¹ “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

Isaiah 10:8

10:8 Indeed, ²  he says:

“Are not my officials all kings?

Jeremiah 52:32

52:32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ³  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Daniel 2:37

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

2:37 “You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

Daniel 2:47

2:47 The king replied to Daniel, “Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”

Hosea 8:10

8:10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, ⁴ 

I will soon gather them together for judgment. ⁵ 

Then ⁶  they will begin to waste away

under the oppression of a mighty king. ⁷ 

[7:12]  ¹ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

[10:8]  ² tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[52:32]  ³ tn Heb “made his throne above the throne of

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Or “they have hired themselves out to lovers”; cf. NASB “they hire allies among the nations.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn The Piel stem of קָבַץ (qavats) is often used in a positive sense, meaning “to regather” a dispersed people (HALOT 1063 s.v. קבץ 3.a; BDB 868 s.v. קָבַץ 1.α). However, in Hosea 8:10 it is used in a negative sense, meaning “to assemble (people) for judgment” (e.g., Ezek 20:34; Hos 9:6; HALOT 1063 s.v. 3.e.i). Cf. JPS “I will hold them fast” (in judgment, see the parallel in 9:6).

[8:10]  ⁶ tn The vav consecutive + preterite וַיָּחֵלּוּ (vayyakhellu, Hiphil preterite 3rd person common plural from חָלַל, khalal, “to begin”]) denotes temporal subordination to the preceding clause: “then…” (so NLT); cf. TEV, CEV “Soon.”

[8:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “a king of princes” (cf. KJV, NASB); TEV “the emperor of Assyria.”