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Church And StateNAVE'S
ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
Appoints kings 1 Samuel 10:1
Directs administration 1 Samuel 15:1-4
Reproves rulers 1 Samuel 15:14-35
Withdraws support and anoints a successor 1 Samuel 16:1-13 · 2 Kings 9:1-26 · 2 Kings 11:4-12
Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved 1 Samuel 13:8-14 · 2 Chronicles 26:16-21
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 · 1 Chronicles 24 · 1 Chronicles 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 also: Government
See also: Tax
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.