Government

-Paternal functions of GEN 41:25-57 -Civil service school provided by DAN 1:3-20 -Maintains of public instruction 2CH 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 EXO 18:13-26; NUM 11:16,17,24,25; DEU 1:9-17 -POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES -Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses EXO 19:7,8; 24:3,7; DEU 29:10-15 -Refused to make conquest of Canaan NUM 14:1-10 -Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler NUM 27:18-23; 1SA 10:24; with 8:4-22; 11:14,15; 2SA 3:17-21; 5:1-3; 1CH 29:22; 2CH 23:3 -Possessed veto power over the king's purposes 1SA 14:44,45 -The court in certain capital cases NUM 35:12,24,25 -THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL -Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders EXO 3:16,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; LEV 4:15; 9:1; NUM 11:16-18,30; 16:25; DEU 1:13-15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9,28; JOS 7:6; 8:10,32,33; 23:2,3,6; 24:1,24,25; JDG 21:16-25; ACT 5:17,18,21-41 -MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE -Demands a king 1SA 8:4-10,19-22 -Saul pleads to be honored before 1SA 15:30 -Chooses David as king 2SA 3:17-21; 5:3; 1CH 11:3 -Closely associated with David 2SA 12:17; 1CH 15:25; 21:16 -Joins Absalom in his usurpation 2SA 17:4 -David rebukes 2SA 19:11 -Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple 1KI 8:1-3; 2CH 5:2-4 -Counsels king Rehoboam 1KI 12:6-8,13 -Counsels king Ahab 1KI 20:7,8 -Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord 2KI 23:1; 2CH 34:29,31 -Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen EZR 9:1; 10:8-14 -Legislates in later times MAT 15:2,7-9; MRK 7:1-3 -Sits as a court JER 26:10-24 -Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes MAT 21:23; 26:3-5,57-68; 27:1,2; MRK 8:31; 14:43-65; 15:1; LUK 22:52-71; ACT 4:1-21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59 -Unfaithful to the city LAM 1:19 -Seeks counsel from prophets EZK 8:1; 14:1; 20:1,3; JOL 1:14; 2:16 -Corrupt 1KI 21:8-14; EZK 8:11,12; MAT 26:14,15; with 27:3,4 -A similar senate existed -Among the Egyptians GEN 50:7; with 41:37,38; EXO 10:1,7; 12:30; 14:5 -Among the Midianites and Moabites NUM 22:4,7 -Among the Gibeonites JOS 9:11 -EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NUM 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; JOS 9:15-21; 17:4; 22:13-32; 1KI 21:11-13; NEH 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 GEN 14:1; JOS 11:10; EST 1:1; DAN 4:1; 6:1-3; LUK 2:1 -MONARCHICAL -Tyranny in, instances of -By Saul 1SA 22:6,12-19 -By David 2SA 1:13-16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17 -By Solomon 1KI 2:23-25,28-34,36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2KI 10 -By Ahasuerus EST 2; 3 -By Nebuchadnezzar DAN 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19 -By Herod MRK 6:27,28 -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 DEU 19:12; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; JOS 20:4; JDG 8:14-16; 11:5-11; RUT 4:2-11; 1SA 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1KI 21:8-14; 2KI 10:1-7; EZR 10:8,14; NEH 3:9,12,16,18,19; LAM 5:14 -PROVINCIAL EZR 4:8,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; NEH 2:7,9; 5:14; DAN 6:1-3; MAT 27:2; 28:14; LUK 3:1; ACT 24:1 -See HEROD -See PILATE -REPRESENTATIVE DEU 1:13-15; JOS 9:11 -See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above -Also see [1928]ELDER -THEOCRATIC EXO 19:3-8; DEU 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1SA 8:6,7 -See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below -Also see RULERS -See JUDGE -See ELDER -See CHURCH AND STATE -CORRUPTION IN 1KI 21:5-13; PRO 25:5; MIC 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 JHN 19:12-16; MAT 27:24 -Felix, who expected money from Paul ACT 24:26 -See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF -DUTY OF CITIZENS TO MAT 22:17-21; LUK 20:25; ROM 13:1-7; TIT 3:1; 1PE 2:13-17 -See CITIZEN -GOD IN -In appointment of Saul as king 1SA 9:15-17; 10:1 -In Saul's rejection 1SA 15:26-28; ACT 13:22 -In the appointment of David 1SA 16:1,7,13; 2SA 7:13-16; PSA 89:19-37; ACT 13:22 -In counseling Solomon 1KI 9:2-9 -In magnifying him 1CH 29:25 -In denouncing Solomon's wickedness 1KI 11:9-13 -In raising adversaries against Solomon 1KI 11:14,23 -In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries 1KI 11:13; 12:1-24; 2CH 10:15; 11:4; 22:7 -In blotting out the household of Jeroboam 1KI 14:7-16; 15:27-30 -In the appointment of kings 1KI 14:14; 16:1-4; 1CH 28:4,5; 29:25; PSA 22:28 -In the destruction of nations AMO 9:8 -See THEOCRATIC, above -Also see [1936]GOD, SOVEREIGN -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN PSA 22:28; PRO 8:15; ISA 9:6,7; JER 1:9,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; EZK 21:25-27; 29:19,20; DAN 2:20,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; HOS 8:4; AMO 9:8; HAG 2:21,22; JHN 19:10,11 -See GOD, SOVERIGN -See JESUS, KINGDOM OF