King of Israel

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The King of Israel was the monarchic ruler of the ancient Israelite kingdom, holding both political authority and significant religious status over the people of Israel.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
King of Israel canonical 7
King of the northern Kingdom of Israel 2
KingOfIsrael 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
monarchic title
royal office
appliesTo Kingdom of Israel
ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
associatedWithReligion Judaism
ancient Israelite religion
biblicalContext Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
country Israel
firstHolder Saul
governmentForm monarchy
governs tribes of Israel
hasAuthorityOver people of Israel
hasDuty administer justice
defend Israel from enemies
maintain worship of Israel’s God
uphold covenant law
hasReligiousStatus anointed by God
hasRole military leader of Israel
political leader of Israel
religious figure in Israelite society
hasTitleVariant King in Israel
King over Israel
isHereditary often
legitimizedBy divine election
prophetic anointing
notableHolder David
Solomon
linked to: King Solomon
powerBasis tribal confederation unified under a king
predecessorConcept judges of Israel
relatedOffice King of Judah
seatOfPower royal court
sourceType ancient Near Eastern historical tradition
biblical tradition
successionPrinciple dynastic succession
symbolizes covenant leadership over Israel
timePeriod ancient Near Eastern era
titleLanguage Hebrew

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haggith spouseOfTitle King of Israel
Sulayman title KingOfIsrael
linked to: King of Israel
Messiah relatedConcept KingOfIsrael
linked to: King of Israel
Hoshea positionHeld King of the northern Kingdom of Israel
linked to: King of Israel
King of the Jews relatedTitle King of Israel
Ahab positionHeld King of Israel
Saul positionHeld King of Israel
Ahaziah positionHeld King of Israel
Dawud title King of Israel
The First Noël mentions King of Israel
Book 16 (The City of God) discusses the kings of Israel
subject linked to: Book 16
linked to: King of Israel
Pekah positionHeld King of the northern Kingdom of Israel
linked to: King of Israel