1Sa 10:25, 2Sa 5:3, 1Ch 11:3, 2Ch 23:16, Rom 13:1-6 | ESV | STEP | Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship , and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord . Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home .

1 Samuel 10:25

25 Then Samuel told the people ^athe rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.

2 Samuel 5:3

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, ^band King David made a covenant with them at Hebron ^cbefore the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 11:3

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, ^daccording to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

2 Chronicles 23:16

Jehoiada’s Reforms

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord’s people.

Romans 13:1-6

Submission to the Authorities

1 Let every person ^ebe subject to the governing authorities. For ^fthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you ^gwill receive his approval, 4 for ^hhe is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, ⁱan avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also ^jfor the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.