Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.

thus will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the unrighteousness of your sins.

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations.

Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.

And I gave you a king in My anger, and kept [him] back in My wrath.

A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and He is the expectation of nations.

And now, why have you known calamities? Is there no king in you? Or has your counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in labor have seized upon you?

But they cried out, "Away [with Him], away [with Him]! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"