{"id":11853,"date":"2007-08-29T09:46:44","date_gmt":"2007-08-29T14:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=11853"},"modified":"2019-10-05T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T14:48:49","slug":"what-were-the-duties-of-a-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-were-the-duties-of-a-king\/","title":{"rendered":"What were the duties of a king?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>What did kings do as they were king?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>A king was responsible to God for the welfare of the people in his nation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was the leader of the army in times of war (I Samuel 8:20).<\/li>\n<li>He was the final judge or highest court of appeals in judicial matters (II Samuel 8:15; 15:2; I Kings 3:28).<\/li>\n<li>He was God&#8217;s representative or steward to the nation (II Samuel 6:18; I Chronicles 28:5; 29:23).<\/li>\n<li>He made appointments for who served in the temple within the confines of the law (I Chronicles 15:16; 16:4).<\/li>\n<li>He enforced the laws, such as in keeping the purity of their religion (II Kings 18:4).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A king could not create law. Legislative authority was held by God. The king was himself under the law (Deuteronomy 17:19).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What did kings do as they were king? Answer: A king was responsible to God for the welfare of the people in his nation. He was the leader of the army in times of war (I Samuel 8:20). He was the final judge or highest court of appeals in judicial matters (II Samuel 8:15;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[310,621],"class_list":["post-11853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-government","tag-kings"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1980,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-did-king-david-do-as-king\/","url_meta":{"origin":11853,"position":0},"title":"What did King David do as king?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 14, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What did King David do as king? Answer: I don't know if you are asking for a summary of David's accomplishments or what the duties of a king were in David's time. Below is a quick overview: The Accomplishments of King David David successfully defeated the enemies of Israel,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13367,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-happened-between-israel-and-edom-to-cause-amaziah-to-invade-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":11853,"position":1},"title":"What happened between Israel and Edom to cause Amaziah to invade them?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What happened between Israel and Edom prior to II Chronicles 25:13? Answer: The invasion of Edom by King Amaziah of Judah is recorded in II Chronicles 25:5-16 and II Kings 14:7. 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Such\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44805,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/arent-there-inspired-books-that-weve-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":11853,"position":3},"title":"Aren&#8217;t there inspired books that we&#8217;ve lost?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you mean to tell me not one of these documents (below) did not exist or ever existed? I would like to read these 'lost books & or documents.' How could not one or two documents make it to existence today? 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