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.