Rulers: Definition Of and Reference Concerning
Appointed and removed by God
See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN
Rulers: Chastised
Dan 4
See NATION
Rulers: Monarchical
See KINGS
Rulers: Patriarchal
Gen 27:29, 37
Rulers: Patriarchal: Instances Of:
Nimrod,
Gen 10:8-10.
Abraham,
Gen 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:21-32.
Melchizedek,
Gen 14:18.
Isaac,
Gen 26:26-31.
Judah,
Gen 38:24.
Heads of families,
Exd 6:14.
Ishmael,
Gen 17:20.
Esau, and the dukes of Edom,
Gen 36.
Rulers: Theocratic
See GOVERNMENT
Rulers: Character and Qualifications Of:
Gen 41:33; Exd 18:21, 22; 23:8; Deu 1:13; 16:18-20; 27:19; 2Sa 23:3, 4; Ezr 7:25; Psa 2:10, 11; 72:1-17; Pro 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; Ecc 8:4; 10:16, 17; Isa 5:22, 23; 16:5; 28:6; 60:17; Jer 13:18; Rom 12:8; 13:1-7; 1Ti 2:1, 2; 1Pe 2:13, 14
Rulers: Duties Of:
Exd 18:16, 20, 21; 23:3, 6, 7, 9; Lev 19:15; 24:22; Num 27:16, 17; Deu 1:16, 17; 16:18-20; 17:16-20; 19:18, 19; 24:16; 25:1; Jos 1:7, 8; 2Ch 9:8; 19:6, 7; Ezr 7:25, 26; Psa 82:2-4; 148:11, 13; Isa 58:6; Jer 21:12; 22:1-3; Zec 7:9, 10; 8:16; Rom 13:3; 1Ti 2:2; 1Pe 2:14
Rulers: Righteous: Instances Of:
Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham,
Gen 12:15-20.
Abimelech, in his treatment of Abraham,
Gen 20;
of Isaac,
Gen 26:6-11.
Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of Egypt,
Gen 41:37-57.
Pharaoh, in his treatment of Jacob and his family,
Gen 47:5-10; 50:1-6.
Moses, in his administration of the affairs of the people of Israel,
Num 16:15.
See GOVERNMENT, MOSAIC
Samuel, in not taking reward for judgment,
1Sa 12:3, 4.
Saul, after the defeat of the Ammonites,
1Sa 11:12, 13.
Solomon, in his judgment between the two women who claimed the same child,
1Ki 3:16-28;
according to the testimony of the queen of Sheba,
1Ki 10:6-9.
Asa, in abolishing sodomy and other abominations of idolatry,
1Ki 15:11-15; 2Ch 14:2-5.
Jehoshaphat, in walking in the ways of the Lord,
1Ki 22:41-46; 2Ch 17:3-10; 19; 20:3-30.
Hezekiah, in his fear of the Lord,
2Ki 18:3; 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,
Ezr 6:1-12.
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,
Jon 3:6-9.
Rulers: Wicked:
Gen 15:13, 14; Exd 3:9; Deu 27:19; 1Sa 8:10-18; 2Ch 28:19; Neh 5:7-9; 9:34-37; Job 24:22, 24; 35:9; Psa 10:17, 18; 12:5, 8; 49:20; 58:1, 2; 82:2; 94:20, 21; 110:5; Pro 17:15, 26; 28:15, 16, 28; 29:2, 4, 12; 30:21, 22; Ecc 3:16, 17; 4:1, 13, 14; 5:8; 8:9; 10:5-7, 16, 17; Isa 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; Jer 5:28, 29; Eze 21:25, 26; 22:6, 27; 28:2; 34:2-4, 7-10; 45:9; Hsa 5:10; 7:3; 10:7; Amo 3:10, 11; 4:1, 2; 5:11, 12; 6:12, 13; Mic 3:1-3, 9-11; 7:3, 4; Hab 1:4; 2:5-13; Zep 1:8; 3:3; Act 23:3; Jam 2:6, 9
Rulers: Wicked: Instances Of:
Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison,
Gen 39:20; with Gen 40:15.
Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites,
with Exd 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11.
Adoni-bezek, torturing seventy kings,
Jdg 1:7.
Abimelech, killing his seventy brothers,
Jdg 9:1-5.
Eli's sons, desecrating the sacrifices,
1Sa 2:12-17;
debauching themselves and the worshipers,
1Sa 2:22.
Samuel's sons, taking bribes,
1Sa 8:1-5.
Saul, sparing Agag and the best of the booty,
1Sa 15:8-35;
in jealousy plotting against David,
1Sa 18:8-29;
seeking to kill David,
1Sa 19;
killing Ahimelech and the priests,
1Sa 22:7-19.
Hanun, maltreating David's servants,
2Sa 10:4; 1Ch 19:2-5.
David, numbering Israel and Judah,
2Sa 24:1-9; 1Ch 21:1-7; 27:23, 24.
Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous,
1Ki 11:1-13;
oppressing the people,
1Ki 12:4; 4:7-23.
Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy,
1Ki 12:8-11; 2Ch 10:1-15.
Jeroboam, perverting the true worship,
1Ki 12:26-33; 13:1-5; 14:16;
exalting debased persons to the priesthood,
1Ki 12:31; 13:33; 2Ki 17:32; 2Ch 11:14, 15; Eze 44:7; with Num 3:10.
Abijam, walking in the sins of Rehoboam,
1Ki 15:3.
Nadab, walking in the ways of Jeroboam,
1Ki 15:26.
Baasha, walking in the ways of Jeroboam,
1Ki 15:33, 34.
Asa, imprisoning the seer, and oppressing the people,
2Ch 16:10.
Zimri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam,
1Ki 16:19.
Omri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam,
1Ki 16:25-29.
Ahab, serving Baal,
1Ki 16:30-33; 21:21-26;
confiscating Naboth's vineyard,
1Ki 21; with 1Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:38; 2Ki 9:26.
Jehoram, cleaving to the sins of Jeroboam,
2Ki 3:2, 3.
Hazael, committing pillage (plundering),
2Ki 8:12; 10:32; 12:17; 13:3-7.
Jehoram, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel,
2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 21:13.
Jehu, departing not from the sins of Jeroboam,
2Ki 10:29.
Jehoahaz, in following the sins of Jeroboam,
2Ki 13:1, 2.
Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam,
2Ki 13:10, 11.
Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam,
2Ki 14:23, 24.
Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, following the sins of Jeroboam,
2Ki 15:9, 18, 24, 28;
conspiring against and assassinating Pekahiah,
2Ki 15:25.
Hoshea, who conspired against Pekah,
2Ki 15:30;
in permitting Baal-worship,
2Ki 17:1, 2, 7-18.
Ahaz, burning his own children in idolatrous sacrifice,
2Ki 16:3; 2Ch 28:2-4.
Manasseh, who committed the abominations of the heathen,
2Ki 21:1-17; 2Ch 33:2-7.
Amon, who followed the evil example of Manasseh,
2Ki 21:19-22.
Jehoahaz, who followed in the ways of his forefathers,
2Ki 23:32.
Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his forefathers,
2Ki 23:37;
and Jehoiachin,
2Ki 24:9.
Zedekiah, following the evil example of Jehoiakim,
2Ki 24:19; 2Ch 36:12, 13;
and persecuting Jeremiah,
Jer 38:5, 6.
Joash, killing Zechariah,
2Ch 24:2, 17-25.
Ahaziah, doing evil like the household of Ahab,
2Ch 22:1-9.
Amaziah, worshiping the gods of Seir,
2Ch 25:14.
Uzziah, invading the priest's office,
2Ch 26:16.
Ahasuerus and Haman, decreeing the death of all Jews (genocide),
Est 3.
Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men,
Dan 2:1-13;
and committing the three Hebrews to the furnace,
Dan 3:1-23.
Belshazzar, in drunkenness and committing sacrilege,
Dan 5:22.
Darius, in deifying himself,
Dan 6:7, 9.
The princes, conspiring against Daniel,
Dan 6:1-9.
Herod the Great, killing the infants in Bethlehem,
Mat 2:16-18.
Herod Antipas, in beheading John the Baptist,
Mat 14:1-11;
in craftiness and tyranny,
Luk 13:31, 32; 23:6-15.
Herod Agrippa I, persecuting the congregation in Jerusalem,
Act 12:1-19.
Pilate, delivering up Jesus for crucifixion,
Mat 27:11-26; Mar 15:15.
Chief priests, elders, and all the council (the Sanhedrin), seeking false witness against Jesus,
Mat 26:59.
Ananias, the high priest, commanding to strike Paul,
Act 23:2.
See GOVERNMENT; JUDGES; KINGS
Government: Paternal Functions Of
Gen 41:25-57
Government: Civil Service School Provided By
Dan 1:3-20
Government: Maintains a System of Public Instruction
2Ch 17:7-9
Government: Executive Departments In
See CABINET; KING; RULER
Government: Judicial Department In
See COURT; JUDGE; JUSTICE; LEVITE; PRIEST
Government: Mosaic
ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM:
Exd 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,
Exd 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 1Sa 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,
Exd 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; Mar 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; Mar 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,
Eze 8:1; 14:1; 20:1, 3; Joe 1:14; 2:16.
Corrupt,
1Ki 21:8-14; Eze 8:11, 12; Mat 26:14, 15; with Mat 27:3, 4.
A similar senate existed among the Egyptians,
Gen 50:7; with Gen 41:37, 38; Exd 10:1, 7; 12:30; 14:5;
and among the Midianites and Moabites,
Num 22:4, 7;
and 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; JUDGE; PRIEST; LEVITE; RULER; SANHEDRIN; SYNAGOGUE.
Forms and facts of government after the death of Moses and the princes who survived Moses.
See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, under the sub-topics JUDGES; KINGS.
Government: Constitutional
See CONSTITUTION
Government: Ecclesiastical
See CHURCH, GOVERNMENT OF; PRIESTS
Government: Imperial
Gen 14:1; Jos 11:10; Est 1:1; Dan 4:1; 6:1-3; Luk 2:1
Government: 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,
Mar 6:27, 28.
See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, under the sub-topic KINGS.
Also see ASSYRIA; BABYLON; CHALDEA; SYRIA.
Limited. See CONSTITUTION.
Government: Municipal
Devolving on 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; Rth 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.
Government: 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; PILATE.
Government: Representative
Deu 1:13-15; Jos 9:11.
See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above. Also see ELDER.
Government: Theocratic
Exd 19:3-8; Deu 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1Sa 8:6, 7.
See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below.
Also see RULERS; JUDGE; ELDER; CHURCH AND STATE.
Government: Corruption In
1Ki 21:5-13; Pro 25:5; Mic 3:1-4, 9-11.
See CHURCH, CORRUPTION IN; 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.
Government: Duty of Citizens To
Mat 22:17-21; Luk 20:25; Rom 13:1-7; Tts 3:1; 1Pe 2:13-17.
See CITIZEN
Government: 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 GOD, SOVEREIGN.
Government: 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; Eze 21:25-27; 29:19, 20; Dan 2:20, 21, 37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Hsa 8:4; Amo 9:8; Hag 2:21, 22; Jhn 19:10, 11
See GOD, SOVERIGN; JESUS, KINGDOM OF.
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