Bible Concordances
Government

Nave's Topical Bible

• Paternal functions of
  Genesis 41:25-57

• Civil service school provided by
  Daniel 1:3-20

• Maintains of public instruction
  2 Chronicles 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
  • ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
    Exodus 18:13-26; Numbers 11:16,17,24,25; Deuteronomy 1:9-17
  • POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
    • Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses
      Exodus 19:7,8; 24:3,7; Deuteronomy 29:10-15
  • Refused to make conquest of Canaan
    Numbers 14:1-10
  • Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
    Numbers 27:18-23; 1 Samuel 10:24; 8:4-22; 11:14,15; 2 Samuel 3:17-21; 5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 2 Chronicles 23:3
  • Possessed veto power over the king's purposes
    1 Samuel 14:44,45
  • The court in certain capital cases
    Numbers 35:12,24,25
  • THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
    • Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
      Exodus 3:16,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; Leviticus 4:15; 9:1; Numbers 11:16-18,30; 16:25; Deuteronomy 1:13-15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9,28; Joshua 7:6; 8:10,32,33; 23:2,3,6; 24:1,24,25; Judges 21:16-25; Acts 5:17,18,21-41
  • MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
    • Demands a king
      1 Samuel 8:4-10,19-22
  • Saul pleads to be honored before
    1 Samuel 15:30
  • Chooses David as king
    2 Samuel 3:17-21; 5:3; 1 Chronicles 11:3
  • Closely associated with David
    2 Samuel 12:17; 1 Chronicles 15:25; 21:16
  • Joins Absalom in his usurpation
    2 Samuel 17:4
  • David rebukes
    2 Samuel 19:11
  • Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple
    1 Kings 8:1-3; 2 Chronicles 5:2-4
  • Counsels king Rehoboam
    1 Kings 12:6-8,13
  • Counsels king Ahab
    1 Kings 20:7,8
  • Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord
    2 Kings 23:1; 2 Chronicles 34:29,31
  • Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen
    Ezra 9:1; 10:8-14
  • Legislates in later times
    Matthew 15:2,7-9; Mark 7:1-3
  • Sits as a court
    Jeremiah 26:10-24
  • Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes
    Matthew 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
  • Unfaithful to the city
    Lamentations 1:19
  • Seeks counsel from prophets
    Ezekiel 8:1; 14:1; 20:1,3; Joel 1:14; 2:16
  • Corrupt
    1 Kings 21:8-14; Ezekiel 8:11,12; Matthew 26:14,15; 27:3,4
  • A similar senate existed
    • Among the Egyptians
      Genesis 50:7; 41:37,38; Exodus 10:1,7; 12:30; 14:5
    • Among the Midianites and Moabites
      Numbers 22:4,7
    • Among the Gibeonites
      Joshua 9:11
  • EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
    Numbers 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; Joshua 9:15-21; 17:4; 22:13-32; 1 Kings 21:11-13; Nehemiah 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

• IMPERIAL
  Genesis 14:1; Joshua 11:10; Esther 1:1; Daniel 4:1; 6:1-3; Luke 2:1

• MONARCHICAL
  • Tyranny in, instances of
    • By Saul
      1 Samuel 22:6,12-19
  • By David
    2 Samuel 1:13-16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17
  • By Solomon
    1 Kings 2:23-25,28-34,36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2 Kings 10
  • By Ahasuerus
    Esther 2; 3
  • By Nebuchadnezzar
    Daniel 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19
  • By Herod
    Mark 6:27,28
  • See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF
  • Under these sub-topics
  • See KINGS
  • Also see ASSYRIA; 493|
  • See BABYLON
  • See CHALDEA
  • See SYRIA
  • Limited
  • See CONSTITUTION

• MUNICIPAL
  • Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
    Deuteronomy 19:12; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; Joshua 20:4; Judges 8:14-16; 11:5-11; Ruth 4:2-11; 1 Samuel 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1 Kings 21:8-14; 2 Kings 10:1-7; Ezra 10:8,14; Nehemiah 3:9,12,16,18,19; Lamentations 5:14

• PROVINCIAL
  Ezra 4:8,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; Nehemiah 2:7,9; 5:14; Daniel 6:1-3; Matthew 27:2; 28:14; Luke 3:1; Acts 24:1
  • See HEROD
  • See PILATE

• REPRESENTATIVE
  Deuteronomy 1:13-15; Joshua 9:11
  • See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, aove
  • Also see ELDER 1573|

• THEOCRATIC
  Exodus 19:3-8; Deuteronomy 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1 Samuel 8:6,7
  • See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, blow
  • Also see RULERS
  • See JUDGE
  • See ELDER
  • See CHURCH AND STATE

• CORRUPTION IN
  1 Kings 21:5-13; Proverbs 25:5; Micah 3:1-4,9-11
  • See CHURCH, CORRUPTION IN
  • See COURT, CORRUPT
  • Instances of
    • Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please the clamoring multitude
      John 19:12-16; Matthew 27:24
  • Felix, who expected money from Paul
    Acts 24:26
  • See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF

• DUTY OF CITIZENS TO
  Matthew 22:17-21; Luke 20:25; Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13-17
  • See CITIZEN

• GOD IN
  • In appointment of Saul as king
    1 Samuel 9:15-17; 10:1
  • In Saul's rejection
    1 Samuel 15:26-28; Acts 13:22
  • In the appointment of David
    1 Samuel 16:1,7,13; 2 Samuel 7:13-16; Psalm 89:19-37; Acts 13:22
  • In counseling Solomon
    1 Kings 9:2-9
  • In magnifying him
    1 Chronicles 29:25
  • In denouncing Solomon's wickedness
    1 Kings 11:9-13
  • In raising adversaries against Solomon
    1 Kings 11:14,23
  • In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries
    1 Kings 11:13; 12:1-24; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 11:4; 22:7
  • In blotting out the household of Jeroboam
    1 Kings 14:7-16; 15:27-30
  • In the appointment of kings
    1 Kings 14:14; 16:1-4; 1 Chronicles 28:4,5; 29:25; Psalm 22:28
  • In the destruction of nations
    Amos 9:8
  • See THEOCRATIC, aove
  • Also see GOD, SOVEREIGN 2068|

• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN
  Psalm 22:28; Proverbs 8:15; Isaiah 9:6,7; Jeremiah 1:9,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Ezekiel 21:25-27; 29:19,20; Daniel 2:20,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Hosea 8:4; Amos 9:8; Haggai 2:21,22; John 19:10,11
  • See GOD, SOVERIGN
  • See JESUS, KINGDOM OF