He is one of the four kings omitted by Matthew () in the genealogy of Jesus, the other three being Ahaziah, Amaziah, and Jehoiakim.

After this deed he fled to Talmai, the king of Geshur () ( see also or ), his maternal grandfather, and it was not until three years later that he was fully reinstated in his father's favour and finally returned to Jerusalem.

Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II () ( 444 BC – 360 BC ) was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty, ruling from approximately 400 BC to 360 BC, during most of which time he was, in Plutarch's words, " as good as thought commander and king of all Greece ," and was for the whole of it greatly identified with his country's deeds and fortunes.

Ajax () was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris.

Likewise, Jesus Christ proclaims in the Gospel of Matthew that one should " Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's "; that is at first, literally, the payment of taxes as binding those who use the imperial currency, but more widely interpreted as the offer of obedience and submission to the proclaimed worldly king () in matters not contrary to conscience.

A " king of over-kings " was often a provincial () or semi-provincial king to whom several ruiri were subordinate.

Lettres de cachet () were letters signed by the king of France, countersigned by one of his ministers, and closed with the royal seal, or cachet.

() Ham ’ s son Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the first man of might on earth, a mighty hunter, king in Babylon and the land of Shinar.

* the son of Azel, a descendant of king Saul of Israel through Jonathan ()

* the father of Ishmaiah, governor of the tribe of Zebulun during the reign of king David ()

* a Levite, overseer of the reconstruction efforts during the reforms of king Josiah of Judah ()

() It took Omri four years to subdue Tibni and at last proclaim himself undisputed king of Israel.

: Saul, the first king, begins as an ideal choice to lead and judge Israel ..... Saul cares for his father's animals ( as did Joseph and Moses, and as David will ), and he is a dutiful son ..... Saul is a handsome man and a head taller than any Israelite ()

In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths () ruled by a " king of over-kings " ( rí ruirech ).

By the Decree of Kutná Hora () on 18 January 1409, the king subverted the university constitution by granting the Bohemian masters three votes.

Godwin of Wessex () ( died 15 April 1053 ) was one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors.

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter () or Jove is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder.

Proetus () was a mythical king of Argos and Tiryns.

The Ramayana consists of 24, 000 verses in seven books () and 500 cantos (), and tells the story of Rama ( an avatar of the Hindu preserver-God Vishnu ), whose wife Sita is abducted by the king of Sri Lanka, Ravana.

One of the first acts of the usurper, and one of the most important, was to abandon the semi-ecclesiastical titles of visitor () or defender () of the realm, and to proclaim himself king.

Darius III () ( c. 380 – July 330 BC ), whose original given name was Artashata and who was called Codomannus by the Greeks, was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC.

* During reign of Croatian king Trpimir II, Pope Leo VI abolished the Nin Bishopric and transferred Bishop Gregory () to Skradin.

Since 1830 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has identified the Book of Mormon as the " record of the stick of Ephraim " () while the stick of Judah is identified with the Bible.

If Hezekiah expected the Egyptians to come to his aid, they did not come, and Hezekiah had to face the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib () in the 4th year of Sennacherib ( 701 BC ).

Zorah () or Tzorah, perhaps " place of wasps ," was a biblical town in the low country of Judah.

Ziklag () is the Biblical name of a town that was located in the Negev region in the south of what was the Kingdom of Judah.

In the lists of cities of the Israelites by tribe given in the Book of Joshua, Ziklag appears both as a town belonging to the Tribe of Judah () and as a town belonging to the Tribe of Simeon ().

Zerubbabel (;, Zorovavel ; ) was a governor of the Persian Province of Judah () and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah.

() Simeon was one of the less significant tribes in the Kingdom of Judah.

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah () was one of the Tribes of Israel.

() Some twenty years after the breakup of the United Monarchy, Abijah, the second king of Kingdom of Judah, defeated Jeroboam of Israel and took back the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.

Shebna () was " treasurer over the house " ( meaning comptroller or governor of the palace ) in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah, according to the Old Testament.

() The quarrel led to Abner's defection to David, () who was then king of the breakaway Kingdom of Judah.

The Book of Kings states that Necho met King Josiah of the Kingdom of Judah at Megiddo and killed him () ( see Battle of Megiddo ( 609 BC )).

Onan () is a minor biblical person in the Book of Genesis, who was the second son of Judah.

The Bible refers to Yavne ' el () ( sometimes transliterated as Jebneel ), a border city between the tribal allotments of Judah and Dan.

* A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea ()

() Then, some twenty years after the breakup of the United Monarchy, Abijah, the second king of Kingdom of Judah, defeated Jeroboam of Israel and took back the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.

The name Judith () is the feminine form of Judah.

When the Syrian king Hazael marched against Jerusalem, Joash bribed him with the gold of the royal and sacred treasuries to turn back ( ( AV 17-18 )); this proved fruitless () for the Syrian army persisted to destroy all the princes of Judah and the soldiers " executed judgment against Joash ," and they left him severely wounded.

According to the Book of Genesis, Pharez / Perez () was the son of Tamar and of Judah, and was the twin of Zerah.

After concluding a battle with Zerah of Egypt in the 10th year of his reign, there was peace in Judah () until the 35th years of Asa's reign ().

According to the Book of Mormon, Mulek () was the only surviving son of Zedekiah, the last King of Judah, after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem.