RULERS in the Bible

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