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Government
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Paternal functions of
Gen 41:25–57
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Civil service school provided by
Dan 1:3–20
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Maintains of public instruction
2 Chr 17:7–9
- Executive departments in
- See Cabinet
- See King
- See Ruler
- Judicial department in
- See Court
- See Judge
- See Justice
- See Levite
- See Priest
- Mosaic
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Administrative and judicial system
Ex 18:13–26; Num 11:16, 17, 24, 25; Deut 1:9–17
- Popular, by a national assembly or its representatives
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Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses
Ex 19:7, 8; 24:3, 7; Deut 29:10–15
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Refused to make conquest of Canaan
Num 14:1–10
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Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
Num 27:18–23; 1 Sam 10:24; 8:4–22; 11:14, 15; 2 Sam 3:17–21; 5:1–3; 1 Chr 29:22; 2 Chr 23:3
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Possessed veto power over the king’s purposes
1 Sam 14:44, 45
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The court in certain capital cases
Num 35:12, 24, 25
- The delegated, senatorial council
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Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
Ex 3:16, 18; 4:29–31; 12:21; 17:5, 6; 18:12; 19:7, 8; 24:1, 14; Lev 4:15; 9:1; Num 11:16–18, 30; 16:25; Deut 1:13–15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10–15; 31:9, 28; Josh 7:6; 8:10, 32, 33; 23:2, 3, 6; 24:1, 24, 25; Judg 21:16–25; Acts 5:17, 18, 21–41
- Miscellany of facts relating to the senate
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Demands a king
1 Sam 8:4–10, 19–22
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Saul pleads to be honored before
1 Sam 15:30
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Chooses David as king
2 Sam 3:17–21; 5:3; 1 Chr 11:3
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Closely associated with David
2 Sam 12:17; 1 Chr 15:25; 21:16
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Joins Absalom in his usurpation
2 Sam 17:4
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David rebukes
2 Sam 19:11
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Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple
1 Kgs 8:1–3; 2 Chr 5:2–4
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Counsels king Rehoboam
1 Kgs 12:6–8, 13
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Counsels king Ahab
1 Kgs 20:7, 8
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Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord
2 Kgs 23:1; 2 Chr 34:29, 31
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Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen
Ezra 9:1; 10:8–14
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Legislates in later times
Matt 15:2, 7–9; Mark 7:1–3
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Sits as a court
Jer 26:10–24
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Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes
Matt 21:23; 26:3–5, 57–68; 27:1, 2; Mark 8:31; 14:43–65; 15:1; Luke 22:52–71; Acts 4:1–21; 6:9–15; 7:1–59
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Unfaithful to the city
Lam 1:19
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Seeks counsel from prophets
Ezek 8:1; 14:1; 20:1, 3; Joel 1:14; 2:16
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Corrupt
1 Kgs 21:8–14; Ezek 8:11, 12; Matt 26:14, 15; 27:3, 4
- A similar senate existed
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Among the Egyptians
Gen 50:7; 41:37, 38; Ex 10:1, 7; 12:30; 14:5
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Among the Midianites and Moabites
Num 22:4, 7
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Among the Gibeonites
Josh 9:11
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Executive officers of tribes and cities, called princes or nobles, members of the national assembly
Num 1:4–16, 44; 7:2, 3, 10, 11, 18, 24, 54, 84; 10:4; 16:2; 17:2, 6; 27:2; 31:13, 14; 32:2; 34:18–29; 36:1; Josh 9:15–21; 17:4; 22:13–32; 1 Kgs 21:11–13; Neh 3:9, 12, 16, 18, 19
- The mosaic judicial system
- See Court
- See Judge
- See Priest
- See Levite
- See Ruler
- See Sanhedrin
- See Synagogue
- Forms and facts of government after the death of Moses and the princes who survived Moses
- See Israel, history of
- Under these sub-topics
- See Judges
- See Kings
- Constitutional
- See Constitution
- Ecclesiastical
- See Church, government of
- See Priests
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Imperial
Gen 14:1; Josh 11:10; Esth 1:1; Dan 4:1; 6:1–3; Luke 2:1
- Monarchical
- Tyranny in, instances of
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By Saul
1 Sam 22:6, 12–19
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By David
2 Sam 1:13–16; 4:9–12; 11:14–17
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By Solomon
1 Kgs 2:23–25, 28–34, 36–46; 12:1–16; 21:7–16; 2 Kgs 10
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By Ahasuerus
Esth 2; 3
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By Nebuchadnezzar
Dan 1:10; 2:5–13; 5:19
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By Herod
Mark 6:27, 28
- See Israel, history of
- Under these sub-topics
- See Kings
- Also see Assyria;
- See Babylon
- See Chaldea
- See Syria
- Limited
- See Constitution
- Municipal
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Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
Deut 19:12; 21:2–8, 18–21; 22:13–21; 25:7–9; Josh 20:4; Judg 8:14–16; 11:5–11; Ruth 4:2–11; 1 Sam 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1 Kgs 21:8–14; 2 Kgs 10:1–7; Ezra 10:8, 14; Neh 3:9, 12, 16, 18, 19; Lam 5:14
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Provincial
Ezra 4:8, 9; 5:3, 6; 6:6; 8:36; Neh 2:7, 9; 5:14; Dan 6:1–3; Matt 27:2; 28:14; Luke 3:1; Acts 24:1
- See Herod
- See Pilate
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Representative
Deut 1:13–15; Josh 9:11
- See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above
- Also see Elder
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Theocratic
Ex 19:3–8; Deut 26:16–19; 29:1–13; 1 Sam 8:6, 7
- See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below
- Also see RULERS
- See Judge
- See Elder
- See Church and state
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Corruption in
1 Kgs 21:5–13; Prov 25:5; Mic 3:1–4, 9–11
- See Church, corruption in>
- See Court, corrupt
- Instances of
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Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please the clamoring multitude
John 19:12–16; Matt 27:24
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Felix, who expected money from Paul
Acts 24:26
- See Rulers, wicked, instances of
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Duty of citizens to
Matt 22:17–21; Luke 20:25; Rom 13:1–7; Titus 3:1; 1 Pet 2:13–17
- See Citizen
- God in
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In appointment of Saul as king
1 Sam 9:15–17; 10:1
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In Saul’s rejection
1 Sam 15:26–28; Acts 13:22
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In the appointment of David
1 Sam 16:1, 7, 13; 2 Sam 7:13–16; Ps 89:19–37; Acts 13:22
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In counseling Solomon
1 Kgs 9:2–9
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In magnifying him
1 Chr 29:25
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In denouncing Solomon’s wickedness
1 Kgs 11:9–13
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In raising adversaries against Solomon
1 Kgs 11:14, 23
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In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries
1 Kgs 11:13; 12:1–24; 2 Chr 10:15; 11:4; 22:7
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In blotting out the household of Jeroboam
1 Kgs 14:7–16; 15:27–30
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In the appointment of kings
1 Kgs 14:14; 16:1–4; 1 Chr 28:4, 5; 29:25; Ps 22:28
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In the destruction of nations
Amos 9:8
- See THEOCRATIC, above
- Also see God, sovereign
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Unclassified scriptures relating to God in
Ps 22:28; Prov 8:15; Isa 9:6, 7; Jer 1:9, 10; 18:6–10; 25:12–33; Ezek 21:25–27; 29:19, 20; Dan 2:20, 21, 37; 4:17; 5:18–28; 10:13; Hos 8:4; Amos 9:8; Hag 2:21, 22; John 19:10, 11
- See God, soverign
- See Jesus, kingdom of
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
