Book of Kings

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:

    Adam sat like a lawyer
    and read the book of life.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book. That is why books are so negligible nowadays.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!
    Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 8:27.

    Solomon at the dedication of the temple.