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- (Appointed and removed by God)
- See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN
- Chastised
Daniel 4 - See NATION
- Monarchical
- See KINGS
- Patriarchal
Genesis 27:29,37 - INSTANCES OF
- Nimrod
Genesis 10:8-10 - Abraham
Genesis 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:21-32 - Melchizedek
Genesis 14:18 - Isaac
Genesis 26:26-31 - Judah
Genesis 38:24 - Heads of families
Exodus 6:14 - Ishmael
Genesis 17:20 - Esau, and the dukes of Edom
Genesis 36 - Theocratic
- See GOVERNMENT
- Nimrod
- CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF
Genesis 41:33; Exodus 18:21,22; 23:8; Deuteronomy 1:13; 16:18-20; 27:19; 2 Samuel 23:3,4; Ezra 7:25; Psalm 2:10,11; 72:1-17; Proverbs 16:10,12; 17:7; 19:12; 20:8,26,28; 21:1; 24:23-26; 25:2,3,5; 28:2,16; 29:2,4,14; 31:4,5,8,9; Ecclesiastes 8:4; 10:16,17; Isaiah 5:22,23; 16:5; 28:6; 60:17; Jeremiah 13:18; Romans 12:8; 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1,2; 1 Peter 2:13,14 - DUTIES OF
Exodus 18:16,20,21; 23:3,6,7,9; Leviticus 19:15; 24:22; Numbers 27:16,17; Deuteronomy 1:16,17; 16:18-20; 17:16-20; 19:18,19; 24:16; 25:1; Joshua 1:7,8; 2 Chronicles 9:8; 19:6,7; Ezra 7:25,26; Psalm 82:2-4; 148:11,13; Isaiah 58:6; Jeremiah 21:12; 22:1-3; Zechariah 7:9,10; 8:16; Romans 13:3; 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Peter 2:14 - RIGHTEOUS
- INSTANCES OF
- Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham
Genesis 12:15-20 - Abimelech, in his treatment of Isaac
Genesis 26:6-11 - Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of Egypt
Genesis 41:37-57 - Pharaoh, in his treatment of Jacob and his family
Genesis 47:5-10; 50:1-6 - Moses, in his administration of the affairs of the people Of Israel
Numbers 16:15
- Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham
- See GOVERNMENT, MOSAIC
- Samuel, in not receiving compensation for judgment
1 Samuel 12:3,4 - Saul, after the defeat of the Ammonites
1 Samuel 11:12,13 - Solomon, in his judgment between the two women who claimed The same child
1 Kings 3:16-28 - Solomon, according to the testimony of the queen of Sheba
1 Kings 10:6-9 - Asa, in abolishing sodomy and other abominations of idolatry
1 Kings 15:11-15; 2 Chronicles 14:2-5 - Jehoshaphat, in walking in the ways of the Lord
1 Kings 22:41-46; 2 Chronicles 17:3-10; 19; 20:3-30 - Hezekiah, in his fear of the Lord
2 Kings 18:3; 20:1-11; 2 Chronicles 30; 31 - Josiah, in repairing the temple and in other good works
2 Kings 22; 23; 2 Chronicles 34; 35 - Cyrus, in emancipating the Jews
Ezra 1 - Darius, in advancing the rebuilding of the temple
Ezra 6:1-12 - Artaxerxes, in commissioning Ezra to restore the forms of worship at Jerusalem
Ezra 7; Nehemiah 2; 5:14 - Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4; 5 - Daniel
- See DANIEL
- King of Nineveh, in repenting, and proclaimimg a fast
Jonah 3:6-9
- Samuel, in not receiving compensation for judgment
- INSTANCES OF
- WICKED
Genesis 15:13,14; Exodus 3:9; Deuteronomy 27:19; 1 Samuel 8:10-18; 2 Chronicles 28:19; Nehemiah 5:7-9; 9:34-37; Job 24:22,24; 35:9; Psalm 10:17,18; 12:5,8; 49:20; 58:1,2; 82:2; 94:20,21; 110:5; Proverbs 17:15,26; 28:15,16,28; 29:2,4,12; 30:21,22; Ecclesiastes 3:16,17; 4:1,13,14; 5:8; 8:9; 10:5-7,16,17; Isaiah 1:23; 3:12,14,15; 5:7; 10:1-3; 14:4-20; 28:14,15; 29:20,21; 30:33; 33:1; 40:23; 52:5; 59:14,15; Jeremiah 5:28,29; Ezekiel 21:25,26; 22:6,27; 28:2; 34:2-4,7-10; 45:9; Hosea 5:10; 7:3; 10:7; Amos 3:10,11; 4:1,2; 5:11,12; 6:12,13; Micah 3:1-3,9-11; 7:3,4; Habakkuk 1:4; 2:5-13; Zephaniah 1:8; 3:3; Acts 23:3; James 2:6,9- INSTANCES OF
- Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison
Genesis 39:20; 40:15 - Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites
Exodus 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11 - Adoni-bezek, torturing seventy kings
Judges 1:7 - Abimelech, killing his seventy brothers
Judges 9:1-5 - Eli's sons, desecrating the sacrifices
1 Samuel 2:12-17 - Debauching themselves and the worshipers
1 Samuel 2:22 - Samuel's sons, taking bribes
1 Samuel 8:1-5 - Saul, sparing Agag and the best of the booty
1 Samuel 15:8-35 - Saul, jealously plotting against David
1 Samuel 19 - Saul, killing Ahimelech and the priests
1 Samuel 22:7-19 - Hanun, maltreating David's servants
2 Samuel 10:4; 1 Chronicles 19:2-5 - David, numbering Israel and Judah
2 Samuel 24:1-9; 1 Chronicles 21:1-7; 27:23,24 - Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous
1 Kings 11:1-13 - Solomon, oppressing the people
1 Kings 12:4; 4:7-23 - Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy
1 Kings 12:8-11; 2 Chronicles 10:1-15 - Jeroboam, perverting the true worship
1 Kings 12:26-33; 13:1-5; 14:16 - Exalting debased persons to the priesthood
1 Kings 12:31; 13:33; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 11:14,15; Ezekiel 44:7; Numbers 3:10 - Abijam, walking in the sins of Rehoboam
1 Kings 15:3 - Nadab, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1 Kings 15:26 - Baasha, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1 Kings 15:33,34 - Asa, imprisoning the seer, and oppressing the people
2 Chronicles 16:10 - Zimri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1 Kings 16:19 - Omri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1 Kings 16:25-29 - Ahab, serving Baal
1 Kings 16:30-33; 21:21-26 - Confiscating Naboth's vineyard
1 Kings 21; 1 Samuel 8:14; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 9:26 - Jehoram, cleaving to the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 3:2,3 - Hazael, committing pillage (plundering)
2 Kings 8:12; 10:32; 12:17; 13:3-7 - Jehoram, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel
2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chronicles 21:13 - Jehu, departing not from the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 10:29 - Jehoahaz, in following the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 13:1,2 - Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam
2 Kings 13:10,11 - Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 14:23,24 - Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, following the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 15:9,18,24,28 - Conspiring against Pekahiah and assassinating him
2 Kings 15:25 - Hoshea, who conspired against Pekah
2 Kings 15:30 - In permitting Baal-worship
2 Kings 17:1,2,7-18 - Ahaz, burning his own children in idolatrous sacrifice
2 Kings 16:3; 2 Chronicles 28:2-4 - Manasseh, who committed the abominations of the heathen
2 Kings 21:1-17; 2 Chronicles 33:2-7 - Amon, who followed the evil example of Manasseh
2 Kings 21:19-22 - Jehoahaz, who followed in the ways of his forefathers
2 Kings 23:32 - Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his forefathers
2 Kings 23:37 - Jehoiachin, in walking in the ways of his forefathers
2 Kings 24:9 - Zedekiah, following the evil example of Jehoiakim
2 Kings 24:19; 2 Chronicles 36:12,13 - And persecuting Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:5,6 - Joash, killing Zechariah
2 Chronicles 24:2,17-25 - Ahaziah, doing evil like the household of Ahab
2 Chronicles 22:1-9 - Amaziah, worshiping the gods of Seir
2 Chronicles 25:14 - Uzziah, invading the priest's office
2 Chronicles 26:16 - Ahasuerus and Haman, decreeing the death of all Jews (genocide)
Esther 3 - Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men
Daniel 2:1-13 - Nebuchadnezzar, committing the three Hebrews to the furnace
Daniel 3:1-23 - Belshazzar, in drunkenness and committing sacrilege
Daniel 5:22 - Darius, in deifying himself
Daniel 6:7,9 - The princes, conspiring against Daniel
Daniel 6:1-9 - Herod the Great, killing the infants in Bethlehem
Matthew 2:16-18 - Herod Antipas, in beheading John the Baptist
Matthew 14:1-11 - Herod Antipas, in craftiness and tyranny
Luke 13:31,32; 23:6-15 - Herod Agrippa I, persecuting the congregation in Jerusalem
Acts 12:1-19 - Pilate, delivering up Jesus for crucifixion
Matthew 27:11-26; Mark 15:15 - The chief priests, elders, and the Sanhedrin, seeking false witness against Jesus
Matthew 26:59 - Ananias, the high priest, commanding to strike Paul
Acts 23:2
- Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison
- INSTANCES OF
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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Rulers'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ntb/r/rulers.html. 1896.
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Rulers'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ntb/r/rulers.html. 1896.
