Nimrod
divine right theory
Macbeth
Assyrian Kings claimed Divine Right, e.g. that they were appointed by the gods to rule over the people. They used their military prowess as evidence of this power.
The genealogies in the Old Testament served to assure the Hebrew people that the stories were real and could be believed, because the authors supposedly even knew such details as the lines of succession for the patriarchs, kings and prophets.
"Epiphanes" is Greek, and means "god manifest." Like a number of earlier kings, he deified himself out of overweening pride and arrogance.
Here is one reason: he wiped out the idolatrous baal-worship among the Ten Tribes (2 Kings ch.18).
Because it deals with the kings of Isa real in the two books of Kings.
Balthazar
In the Old Testament heavenly beings (other than gods) were called angels and as far as I know kings were called kings.
The two Old Testament kings who built Temples for God are Solomon and David. Solomon built the first Temple in Jerusalem, known as Solomon's Temple, while David prepared materials for the construction of the Temple but was unable to build it himself.
Asa (1 Kings 15:23).
The old testament is read and studied because the prophets and kings were in the old testament. It is history as well as what is to come as told by prophets.
The prophet Elijah can be found in the book of Kings in the old testament.
This was formally known as the divine right of kings.
There are two books with the name Kings - usually referred to as 1 Kings and 2 Kings. They are the eleventh and twelfth books of the Old Testament.
ASAREHOBOAMDAVID & AHABJOSIAHSaul
Priests Prophets Kings