Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

When Davidís young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

“Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.

Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,

Nevertheless, the kingís word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.

So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”

Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,

Nevertheless, the kingís word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.

A large population is a kingís splendor, but a lack of subjects is a princeís ruin.