Topical Studies
Church and state
(From Nave's Topical Bible)
ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION - David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services
1 Chronicles 23; 24; 25; 2 Chronicles 35:4 - Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest’s office
1 Kings 2:26,27 - Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc
1 Kings 5:8 - Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service
2 Chronicles 31:2-19 - Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion
1 Kings 12:26-33 - Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion
2 Chronicles 33:2-9,15-17 - Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple
2 Kings 12:4-18 - Ahaz, in transforming the altars
2 Kings 16:10-16 - Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple
2 Chronicles 34:29-33
STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION - Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 36:22,23; Ezra 1:1-11 - Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the temple
Ezra 6:1-14 - Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxes
Ezra 7:24 - See GOVERNMENT
- See TAX
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