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GovernmentNAVE'S
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 also: Cabinet
See also: King
See also: Ruler
Judicial department in
See also: Court
See also: Judge
See also: Justice
See also: Levite
See also: 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 · Exodus 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 · 1 Samuel 11:14,15 · 2 Samuel 3:17-21 · 2 Samuel 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 · Exodus 4:29-31 · Exodus 12:21 · Exodus 17:5,6 · Exodus 18:12 · Exodus 19:7,8 · Exodus 24:1,14 · Leviticus 4:15 · Leviticus 9:1 · Numbers 11:16-18,30 · Numbers 16:25 · Deuteronomy 1:13-15 · Deuteronomy 5:23 · Deuteronomy 27:1 · Deuteronomy 29:10-15 · Deuteronomy 31:9,28 · Joshua 7:6 · Joshua 8:10,32,33 · Joshua 23:2,3,6 · Joshua 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 · 2 Samuel 5:3 · 1 Chronicles 11:3
Closely associated with David 2 Samuel 12:17 · 1 Chronicles 15:25 · 1 Chronicles 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 · Ezra 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 · Matthew 26:3-5,57-68 · Matthew 27:1,2 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 14:43-65 · Mark 15:1 · Luke 22:52-71 · Acts 4:1-21 · Acts 6:9-15 · Acts 7:1-59
Unfaithful to the city Lamentations 1:19
Seeks counsel from prophets Ezekiel 8:1 · Ezekiel 14:1 · Ezekiel 20:1,3 · Joel 1:14 · Joel 2:16
Corrupt 1 Kings 21:8-14 · Ezekiel 8:11,12 · Matthew 26:14,15
A similar senate existed
Among the Egyptians Genesis 50:7 · Exodus 10:1,7 · Exodus 12:30 · Exodus 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 · Numbers 7:2,3,10,11,18,24,54,84 · Numbers 10:4 · Numbers 16:2 · Numbers 17:2,6 · Numbers 27:2 · Numbers 31:13,14 · Numbers 32:2 · Numbers 34:18-29 · Numbers 36:1 · Joshua 9:15-21 · Joshua 17:4 · Joshua 22:13-32 · 1 Kings 21:11-13 · Nehemiah 3:9,12,16,18,19
THE MOSAIC JUDICIAL SYSTEM
See also: Court
See also: Judge
See also: Priest
See also: Levite
See also: Ruler
See also: Sanhedrin
See also: Synagogue
Forms and facts of government after the death of Moses and the princes who survived Moses
See also: Israel, History Of
Under these sub-topics
See also: Judges
See also: Kings
CONSTITUTIONAL
See also: Constitution
ECCLESIASTICAL
See also: Church, Government Of
See also: Priests
IMPERIAL Genesis 14:1 · Joshua 11:10 · Esther 1:1 · Daniel 4:1 · Daniel 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 · 2 Samuel 4:9-12 · 2 Samuel 11:14-17
By Solomon 1 Kings 2:23-25,28-34,36-46 · 1 Kings 12:1-16 · 1 Kings 21:7-16 · 2 Kings 10
By Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 1:10 · Daniel 2:5-13 · Daniel 5:19
By Herod Mark 6:27,28
See also: Israel, History Of
Under these sub-topics
See also: Kings
See also: Assyria;
See also: Babylon
See also: Chaldea
See also: Syria
Limited
See also: Constitution
MUNICIPAL
Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers Deuteronomy 19:12 · Deuteronomy 21:2-8,18-21 · Deuteronomy 22:13-21 · Deuteronomy 25:7-9 · Joshua 20:4 · Judges 8:14-16 · Judges 11:5-11 · Ruth 4:2-11 · 1 Samuel 11:3 · 1 Samuel 16:4 · 1 Samuel 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 · Ezra 5:3,6 · Ezra 6:6 · Ezra 8:36 · Nehemiah 2:7,9 · Nehemiah 5:14 · Daniel 6:1-3 · Matthew 27:2 · Matthew 28:14 · Luke 3:1 · Acts 24:1
See also: Herod
See also: Pilate
REPRESENTATIVE Deuteronomy 1:13-15 · Joshua 9:11
See also: Delegated, Senatorial Council, Above
See also: Elder
THEOCRATIC Exodus 19:3-8 · Deuteronomy 26:16-19 · Deuteronomy 29:1-13 · 1 Samuel 8:6,7
See also: Government, God In, Below
See also: Rulers
See also: Judge
See also: Elder
See also: Church And State
CORRUPTION IN 1 Kings 21:5-13 · Proverbs 25:5 · Micah 3:1-4,9-11
See also: Church, Corruption In>
See also: 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 also: 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 also: Citizen
GOD IN
In appointment of Saul as king 1 Samuel 9:15-17 · 1 Samuel 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 · 1 Kings 12:1-24 · 2 Chronicles 10:15 · 2 Chronicles 11:4 · 2 Chronicles 22:7
In blotting out the household of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14:7-16 · 1 Kings 15:27-30
In the appointment of kings 1 Kings 14:14 · 1 Kings 16:1-4 · 1 Chronicles 28:4,5 · 1 Chronicles 29:25 · Psalms 22:28
In the destruction of nations Amos 9:8
See also: Theocratic, Above
See also: God, Sovereign
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN Psalms 22:28 · Proverbs 8:15 · Isaiah 9:6,7 · Jeremiah 1:9,10 · Jeremiah 18:6-10 · Jeremiah 25:12-33 · Ezekiel 21:25-27 · Ezekiel 29:19,20 · Daniel 2:20,21,37 · Daniel 4:17 · Daniel 5:18-28 · Daniel 10:13 · Hosea 8:4 · Amos 9:8 · Haggai 2:21,22 · John 19:10,11
See also: God, Soverign
See also: Jesus, Kingdom Of
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.