GOVERNMENT

→ 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