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- 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
- Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses
- 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
- Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders
- MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
- Demands a king
1 Samuel 8:4-10,19-22
- Demands a king
- 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
- Among the Egyptians
- 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
- ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- 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 Saul
- 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
- Tyranny in, instances of
- 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
- Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers
- 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 - 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
- Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please the clamoring multitude
- 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|
- In appointment of Saul as king
- 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
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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Government'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​g/government.html. 1896.
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Government'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​g/government.html. 1896.