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Government
(From Nave's Topical Bible)

Paternal functions of Genesis 41:25-57 Civil service school provided by Daniel 1:3-20 Maintains of public instruction 2 Chronicles 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 Exodus 18:13-26; Numbers 11:16,17,24,25; Deuteronomy 1:9-17 POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses Exodus 19:7,8; 24:3,7; Deuteronomy 29:10-15 Refused to make conquest of Canaan Numbers 14:1-10 Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler Numbers 27:18-23; 1 Samuel 10:24; 8:4-22; 11:14,15; 2 Samuel 3:17-21; 5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 2 Chronicles 23:3 Possessed veto power over the king’s purposes 1 Samuel 14:44,45 The court in certain capital cases Numbers 35:12,24,25 THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders Exodus 3:16,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; Leviticus 4:15; 9:1; Numbers 11:16-18,30; 16:25; Deuteronomy 1:13-15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9,28; Joshua 7:6; 8:10,32,33; 23:2,3,6; 24:1,24,25; Judges 21:16-25; Acts 5:17,18,21-41 MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE Demands a king 1 Samuel 8:4-10,19-22 Saul pleads to be honored before 1 Samuel 15:30 Chooses David as king 2 Samuel 3:17-21; 5:3; 1 Chronicles 11:3 Closely associated with David 2 Samuel 12:17; 1 Chronicles 15:25; 21:16 Joins Absalom in his usurpation 2 Samuel 17:4 David rebukes 2 Samuel 19:11 Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple 1 Kings 8:1-3; 2 Chronicles 5:2-4 Counsels king Rehoboam 1 Kings 12:6-8,13 Counsels king Ahab 1 Kings 20:7,8 Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord 2 Kings 23:1; 2 Chronicles 34:29,31 Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen Ezra 9:1; 10:8-14 Legislates in later times Matthew 15:2,7-9; Mark 7:1-3 Sits as a court Jeremiah 26:10-24 Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes Matthew 21:23; 26:3-5,57-68; 27:1,2; Mark 8:31; 14:43-65; 15:1; Luke 22:52-71; Acts 4:1-21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59 Unfaithful to the city Lamentations 1:19 Seeks counsel from prophets Ezekiel 8:1; 14:1; 20:1,3; Joel 1:14; 2:16 Corrupt 1 Kings 21:8-14; Ezekiel 8:11,12; Matthew 26:14,15; 27:3,4 A similar senate existed Among the Egyptians Genesis 50:7; 41:37,38; Exodus 10:1,7; 12:30; 14:5 Among the Midianites and Moabites Numbers 22:4,7 Among the Gibeonites Joshua 9:11 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Numbers 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; Joshua 9:15-21; 17:4; 22:13-32; 1 Kings 21:11-13; Nehemiah 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 Genesis 14:1; Joshua 11:10; Esther 1:1; Daniel 4:1; 6:1-3; Luke 2:1 MONARCHICAL Tyranny in, instances of By Saul 1 Samuel 22:6,12-19 By David 2 Samuel 1:13-16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17 By Solomon 1 Kings 2:23-25,28-34,36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2 Kings 10 By Ahasuerus Esther 2; 3 By Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19 By Herod Mark 6:27,28 See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF Under these sub-topics See KINGS Also see ASSYRIA; 493| See BABYLON See CHALDEA See SYRIA Limited See CONSTITUTION MUNICIPAL Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers Deuteronomy 19:12; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; Joshua 20:4; Judges 8:14-16; 11:5-11; Ruth 4:2-11; 1 Samuel 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1 Kings 21:8-14; 2 Kings 10:1-7; Ezra 10:8,14; Nehemiah 3:9,12,16,18,19; Lamentations 5:14 PROVINCIAL Ezra 4:8,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; Nehemiah 2:7,9; 5:14; Daniel 6:1-3; Matthew 27:2; 28:14; Luke 3:1; Acts 24:1 See HEROD See PILATE REPRESENTATIVE Deuteronomy 1:13-15; Joshua 9:11 See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above Also see ELDER 1573| THEOCRATIC Exodus 19:3-8; Deuteronomy 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1 Samuel 8:6,7 See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below Also see RULERS See JUDGE See ELDER See CHURCH AND STATE CORRUPTION IN 1 Kings 21:5-13; Proverbs 25:5; Micah 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 John 19:12-16; Matthew 27:24 Felix, who expected money from Paul Acts 24:26 See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF DUTY OF CITIZENS TO Matthew 22:17-21; Luke 20:25; Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13-17 See CITIZEN GOD IN In appointment of Saul as king 1 Samuel 9:15-17; 10:1 In Saul’s rejection 1 Samuel 15:26-28; Acts 13:22 In the appointment of David 1 Samuel 16:1,7,13; 2 Samuel 7:13-16; Psalms 89:19-37; Acts 13:22 In counseling Solomon 1 Kings 9:2-9 In magnifying him 1 Chronicles 29:25 In denouncing Solomon’s wickedness 1 Kings 11:9-13 In raising adversaries against Solomon 1 Kings 11:14,23 In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries 1 Kings 11:13; 12:1-24; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 11:4; 22:7 In blotting out the household of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14:7-16; 15:27-30 In the appointment of kings 1 Kings 14:14; 16:1-4; 1 Chronicles 28:4,5; 29:25; Psalms 22:28 In the destruction of nations Amos 9:8 See THEOCRATIC, above Also see GOD, SOVEREIGN 2068| UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN Psalms 22:28; Proverbs 8:15; Isaiah 9:6,7; Jeremiah 1:9,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Ezekiel 21:25-27; 29:19,20; Daniel 2:20,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Hosea 8:4; Amos 9:8; Haggai 2:21,22; John 19:10,11 See GOD, SOVERIGN See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

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