GOVERNMENT in the Bible

-Paternal functions of -57 -Civil service school provided by -20 -Maintains of public instruction -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 -26; ,17,24,25; -17 -POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES -Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses ,8; 24:3,7; -15 -Refused to make conquest of Canaan -10 -Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler -23; ; with 8:4-22; 11:14,15; -21; 5:1-3; ; -Possessed veto power over the king's purposes ,45 -The court in certain capital cases ,24,25 -THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL -Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders ,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; ; 9:1; -18,30; 16:25; -15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9,28; ; 8:10,32,33; 23:2,3,6; 24:1,24,25; -25; ,18,21-41 -MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE -Demands a king -10,19-22 -Saul pleads to be honored before -Chooses David as king -21; 5:3; -Closely associated with David ; ; 21:16 -Joins Absalom in his usurpation -David rebukes -Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple -3; -4 -Counsels king Rehoboam -8,13 -Counsels king Ahab ,8 -Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord ; ,31 -Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen ; 10:8-14 -Legislates in later times ,7-9; -3 -Sits as a court -24 -Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes ; 26:3-5,57-68; 27:1,2; ; 14:43-65; 15:1; -71; -21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59 -Unfaithful to the city -Seeks counsel from prophets ; 14:1; 20:1,3; ; 2:16 -Corrupt -14; ,12; ,15; with 27:3,4 -A similar senate existed -Among the Egyptians ; with 41:37,38; ,7; 12:30; 14:5 -Among the Midianites and Moabites ,7 -Among the Gibeonites -EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -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; -21; 17:4; 22:13-32; -13; ,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 ; ; ; ; 6:1-3; -MONARCHICAL -Tyranny in, instances of -By Saul ,12-19 -By David -16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17 -By Solomon -25,28-34,36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2KI 10 -By Ahasuerus EST 2; 3 -By Nebuchadnezzar ; 2:5-13; 5:19 -By Herod ,28 -See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF -Under these sub-topics -See KINGS -Also see [1921]ASSYRIA; -See BABYLON -See CHALDEA -See SYRIA -Limited -See CONSTITUTION -MUNICIPAL -Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers ; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; ; -16; 11:5-11; -11; ; 16:4; 30:26; -14; -7; ,14; ,12,16,18,19; -PROVINCIAL ,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; ,9; 5:14; -3; ; 28:14; ; -See HEROD -See PILATE -REPRESENTATIVE -15; -See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above -Also see [1928]ELDER -THEOCRATIC -8; -19; 29:1-13; ,7 -See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below -Also see RULERS -See JUDGE -See ELDER -See CHURCH AND STATE -CORRUPTION IN -13; ; -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 -16; -Felix, who expected money from Paul -See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF -DUTY OF CITIZENS TO -21; ; -7; ; -17 -See CITIZEN -GOD IN -In appointment of Saul as king -17; 10:1 -In Saul's rejection -28; -In the appointment of David ,7,13; -16; -37; -In counseling Solomon -9 -In magnifying him -In denouncing Solomon's wickedness -13 -In raising adversaries against Solomon ,23 -In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries ; 12:1-24; ; 11:4; 22:7 -In blotting out the household of Jeroboam -16; 15:27-30 -In the appointment of kings ; 16:1-4; ,5; 29:25; -In the destruction of nations -See THEOCRATIC, above -Also see [1936]GOD, SOVEREIGN -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN ; ; ,7; ,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; -27; 29:19,20; ,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; ; ; ,22; ,11 -See GOD, SOVERIGN -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF