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King of Kings is a title that has been used by several monarchies and empires throughout history. The title originates in the Ancient Near East. It is sometimes used as the equivalent of the later title ''Emperor''. ==History== The first king known to use the title "king of kings" (') was Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria (13th century BC). The title used to be intended quite literally, as a ''šar'' or ''mlk'' was the title of a king of a city-state, and with the formation an empire in the Late Bronze Age, the Assyrian rulers installed themselves as rulers over the existing structure of rulers (kings) of city-states.〔Lowell K. Handy, ''Among the host of Heaven: the Syro-Palestinian pantheon as bureaucracy'', 1994, ISBN 978-0-931464-84-3, p. 112.〕 The Persian title of a king of kings is ''shahanshah'' ,〔"Shahanshah, n.". OED Online. March 2011. Oxford University Press. 4 June 2011 The title is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, as , applied to Nebuchadnezzar and to Artaxerxes. In Daniel 2:37, Daniel interprets the dream of Nebuchadnezzar to the effect that :"Thou, O king, () a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory." In Christianity, "king of kings" (βασιλευς των βασιλευοντων) is one of the titles of Jesus, based on 1 Timothy 6:15, and Revelation 17:14, 19:16. The Emperors of Ethiopia had the title of "king of kings" (nəgusä nägäst). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King of Kings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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