Kings

Famous quotes containing the word kings:

    “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.

    “If you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes...then...Israel will become a proverb and a taunt among all peoples.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 9:6-7.

    “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)