Book of Kings may refer to:
- The Books of Kings in the Bible
- The Shahnama, an 11th century epic Persian poem
- The Morgan Bible, a French medieval picture bible
- The Pararaton, a 16th century Javanese history of southeast Asia
- The Book of Kings, a 1999 World War II novel by James Thackara
- The Book of Kings, a 2011 funeral doom metal album by Mournful Congregation
Famous quotes containing the words book of, book and/or kings:
“I N take thee M to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.”
—Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, “Betrothal,” (1662)
“Slavery is no scholar, no improver; it does not love the whistle of the railroad; it does not love the newspaper, the mail-bag, a college, a book or a preacher who has the absurd whim of saying what he thinks; it does not increase the white population; it does not improve the soil; everything goes to decay.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“What infinite heart’s ease
Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy!
And what have kings, that privates have not too,
Save ceremony, save general ceremony?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)