Nave’s Topical Bible

Government

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Paternal functions of Ge 41:25-57
Civil service school provided by Da 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 Ex 18:13-26; Nu 11:16,17,24,25; De 1:9-17
POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses Ex 19:7,8; 24:3,7; De 29:10-15
Refused to make conquest of Canaan Nu 14:1-10
Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler Nu 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 Nu 35:12,24,25
THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders Ex 3:16,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; Le 4:15; 9:1; Nu 11:16-18,30; 16:25; De 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; Jud 21:16-25; Ac 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 Mt 15:2,7-9; Mr 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 Mt 21:23; 26:3-5,57-68; 27:1,2; Mr 8:31; 14:43-65; 15:1; Lu 22:52-71; Ac 4:1-21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59
Unfaithful to the city La 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; Mt 26:14,15; with 27:3,4
A similar senate existed
Among the Egyptians Ge 50:7; with 41:37,38; Ex 10:1,7; 12:30; 14:5
Among the Midianites and Moabites Nu 22:4,7
Among the Gibeonites Jos 9:11
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Nu 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; Ne 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 Ge 14:1; Jos 11:10; Es 1:1; Da 4:1; 6:1-3; Lu 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 Es 2; 3
By Nebuchadnezzar Da 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19
By Herod Mr 6:27,28
See Israel, HISTORY OF
Under these sub-topics
See Kings
Also see Assyria;
See Babylon
See Chaldea
See Syria
Limited
See Constitution
MUNICIPAL
Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers De 19:12; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; Jos 20:4; Jud 8:14-16; 11:5-11; Ru 4:2-11; 1Sa 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1Ki 21:8-14; 2Ki 10:1-7; Ezr 10:8,14; Ne 3:9,12,16,18,19; La 5:14
PROVINCIAL Ezr 4:8,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; Ne 2:7,9; 5:14; Da 6:1-3; Mt 27:2; 28:14; Lu 3:1; Ac 24:1
See Herod
See Pilate
REPRESENTATIVE De 1:13-15; Jos 9:11
See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above
Also see Elder
THEOCRATIC Ex 19:3-8; De 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; Pr 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 Joh 19:12-16; Mt 27:24
Felix, who expected money from Paul Ac 24:26
See Rulers, Wicked, INSTANCES OF
DUTY OF CITIZENS TO Mt 22:17-21; Lu 20:25; Ro 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; Ac 13:22
In the appointment of David 1Sa 16:1,7,13; 2Sa 7:13-16; Ps 89:19-37; Ac 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; Ps 22:28
In the destruction of nations Am 9:8
See THEOCRATIC, above
Also see God, SOVEREIGN
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN Ps 22:28; Pr 8:15; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 1:9,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Eze 21:25-27; 29:19,20; Da 2:20,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Ho 8:4; Am 9:8; Hag 2:21,22; Joh 19:10,11
See God, SOVERIGN
See Jesus, KINGDOM OF

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