Rulers
Rulers
Appointed and removed by God
Government, God in
Chastised
– General references
Dan 4 Nation
Monarchical
King
Patriarchal
Gen 27:29; Gen 27:37
Instances of Patriarchal:
– Nimrod
Gen 10:8-10
– Abraham
Gen 14:13-24; Gen 17:6; Gen 21:21-32
– Melchizedek
Gen 14:18
– Isaac
Gen 26:26-31
– Judah
Gen 38:24
– Heads of families
Exo 6:14
– Ishmael
Gen 17:20
– Esau, and the dukes of Edom
Gen 36
Theocratic
Government
Character and qualifications of
Gen 41:33; Exo 18:21-22; Exo 23:8; Deu 1:13; Deu 16:18-20; Deu 27:19; 2Sa 23:3-4; Ezr 7:25; Psa 2:10-11; Psa 72:1-17; Pro 16:10; Pro 16:12-13; Pro 17:7; Pro 19:12; Pro 20:8; Pro 20:26; Pro 20:28; Pro 21:1; Pro 24:23-26; Pro 25:2-3; Pro 25:5; Pro 28:2; Pro 28:16; Pro 29:2; Pro 29:4; Pro 29:14; Pro 31:4-5; Pro 31:8-9; Ecc 8:4; Ecc 10:16-17; Isa 5:22-23; Isa 16:5; Isa 28:6; Isa 60:17; Jer 13:18; Rom 12:8; Rom 13:1-7; 1Ti 2:1-2; 1Pe 2:13-14
Duties of
Exo 18:16; Exo 18:20-21; Exo 23:3; Exo 23:6-7; Exo 23:9; Lev 19:15; Lev 24:22; Num 27:16-17; Deu 1:16-17; Deu 16:18-20; Deu 17:16-20; Deu 19:18-19; Deu 24:16; Deu 25:1; Jos 1:7-8; 2Ch 9:8; 2Ch 19:6-7; Ezr 7:25-26; Psa 82:2-4; Psa 148:11; Psa 148:13; Isa 58:6; Jer 22:1-3; Jer 21:12; Zec 7:9-10; Zec 8:16; Rom 13:3; 1Ti 2:2; 1Pe 2:14
Righteous, instances of:
– Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham
Gen 12:15-20
– Abimelech, in his treatment:
b Of Abraham
Gen 20
b Of Isaac
Gen 26:6-11
– Joseph, in his conduct of the affairs of Egypt
Gen 41:37-57
– Pharaoh, in his treatment of Jacob and his family
Gen 47:5-10; Gen 50:1-6
– Moses, in his administration of the affairs of the children of Israel
Num 16:15 Government, Mosaic
– Samuel, in not taking reward for judgment
1Sa 12:3-4
– Saul, after the defeat of the Ammonites
1Sa 11:12-13
– Solomon:
b In his judgment between the two women who claimed the same child
1Ki 3:16-28
b According to the testimony of the queen of Sheba
1Ki 10:6-9
– Asa, in abolishing sodomy and other abominations of idolatry
1Ki 15:11-15; 2Ch 14:2-5
– Jehoshaphat, in walking in the ways of the Lord
1Ki 22:41-46; 2Ch 17:3-10; 2Ch 19:1-11; 2Ch 20:3-30
– Hezekiah, in his fear of the Lord
2Ki 18:3; 2Ki 20:1-11; 2Ch 30
– Josiah, in repairing the temple and in other good works
2Ki 22; 2Ch 34
– Cyrus, in emancipating the Jews
Ezr 1:1-11
– Darius, in advancing the rebuilding of the temple
Ezr 6:1-12
– Artaxerxes, in commissioning Ezra to restore the forms of worship at Jerusalem
Ezr 7; Neh 2; Neh 5:14
– Nehemiah
Neh 4
– Daniel
Daniel
– King of Nineveh, in repenting, and proclaiming a fast
Jon 3:6-9
Wicked
Gen 15:13-14; Exo 3:9; Deu 27:19; 1Sa 8:10-18; 2Ch 28:19; Neh 5:7-9; Neh 9:34-37; Job 24:22; Job 24:24; Job 35:9; Psa 10:17-18; Psa 12:5; Psa 12:8; Psa 49:20; Psa 58:1-2; Psa 82:2; Psa 94:20-21; Psa 110:5; Pro 17:15; Pro 17:26; Pro 28:15-16; Pro 28:28; Pro 29:2; Pro 29:4; Pro 29:12; Pro 30:21-22; Ecc 3:16-17; Ecc 4:1; Ecc 4:13-14; Ecc 5:8; Ecc 8:9; Ecc 10:5-7; Ecc 10:16-17; Isa 1:23; Isa 3:12; Isa 3:14-15; Isa 5:7; Isa 10:1-3; Isa 14:4-20; Isa 28:14-15; Isa 29:20-21; Isa 30:33; Isa 33:1; Isa 40:23; Isa 52:5; Isa 59:14-15; Jer 5:28-29; Eze 21:25-26; Eze 22:6; Eze 22:27; Eze 28:2; Eze 34:2-4; Eze 34:7-10; Eze 45:9; Hos 5:10; Hos 7:3; Hos 10:7; Amo 3:10-11; Amo 4:1-2; Amo 5:11-12; Amo 6:12-13; Mic 3:1-3; Mic 3:9-11; Mic 7:3-4; Hab 1:4; Hab 2:5-13; Zep 1:8; Zep 3:3; Act 23:3; Jas 2:6; Jas 2:9
Wicked, instances of:
– Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison
Gen 39:20; Gen 40:15
– Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites
Exo 1
– Adoni-Bezek, torturing seventy kings
Jdg 1:7
– Abimelech, slaying his seventy brothers
Jdg 9:1-5
– Eli’s sons:
b Desecrating the sacrifices
1Sa 2:12-17
b Debauching themselves and the worshipers
1Sa 2:22
– Samuel’s sons, taking bribes
1Sa 8:1-5
– Saul:
b Sparing Agag and the best of the booty
1Sa 15:8-35
b In jealousy plotting against David
1Sa 18:8-29
b Seeking to slay David
1Sa 19
b Slaying Ahimelech and the priests
1Sa 22:7-19
– Hanun, maltreating David’s servants
2Sa 10:4; 1Ch 19:2-5
– David, numbering Israel and Judah
2Sa 24:1-9; 1Ch 21:1-7; 1Ch 27:23-24
– Solomon:
b Luxurious and idolatrous
1Ki 11:1-13
b Oppressing the people
1Ki 12:4; 1Ki 4:7-23
– Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy
1Ki 12:8-11; 2Ch 10:1-15
– Jeroboam:
b Perverting the true worship
1Ki 12:26-33; 1Ki 13:1-5; 1Ki 14:16
b Exalting debased persons to the priesthood
1Ki 12:31; 1Ki 13:33; 2Ki 17:32; 2Ch 11:14-15; Eze 44:7; Num 3:10
– Abijam, walking in the sins of Rehoboam
1Ki 15:3
– Nadab, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1Ki 15:26
– Baasha, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1Ki 15:33-34
– Asa, imprisoning the seer, and oppressing the people
2Ch 16:10
– Zimri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1Ki 16:19
– Omri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
1Ki 16:25-29
– Ahab:
b Serving Baal
1Ki 16:30-33; 1Ki 21:21-26
b Confiscating Naboth’s vineyard
1Ki 21; 1Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:38; 2Ki 9:26
– Jehoram, cleaving to the sins of Jeroboam
2Ki 3:2-3
– Hazael, committing rapine
2Ki 8:12; 2Ki 10:32; 2Ki 12:17; 2Ki 13:3-7
– Jehoram, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel
2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 21:13
– Jehu, departing not from the sins of Jeroboam
2Ki 10:29
– Jehoahaz, in following the sins of Jeroboam
2Ki 13:1-2
Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam
2Ki 13:10-11
– Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam
2Ki 14:23-24
– Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah:
b Following the sins of Jeroboam
2Ki 15:9; 2Ki 15:18; 2Ki 15:24; 2Ki 15:28
b Conspiring against and slaying Pekahiah
2Ki 15:25
– Hoshea:
b Who conspired against Pekah
2Ki 15:30
b In permitting Baal-worship
2Ki 17:1-2; 2Ki 17:7-18
– Ahaz, burning his children in idolatrous sacrifice
2Ki 16:3; 2Ch 28:2-4
– Manasseh, who committed the abominations of the heathen
2Ki 21:1-17; 2Ch 33:2-7
– Amon, who followed the evil example of Manasseh
2Ki 21:19-22
– Jehoahaz, who followed in the ways of his fathers
2Ki 23:32
– Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his fathers
2Ki 23:37
– Jehoiachin, walking in the ways of his fathers
2Ki 24:9
– Zedekiah:
b Following the evil example of Jehoiakim
2Ki 24:19; 2Ch 36:12-13
b Persecuting Jeremiah
Jer 38:5-6
– Joash, slaying Zechariah
2Ch 24:2; 2Ch 24:17-25
– Ahaziah, doing evil after the house of Ahab
2Ch 22:1-9
– Amaziah, worshiping the gods of Seir
2Ch 25:14
– Uzziah, invading the priest’s office
2Ch 26:16
– Ahasuerus and Haman, decreeing the death of the Jews
Est 3:1-15
– Nebuchadnezzar:
b Commanding to destroy the wise men
Dan 2:1-13
b Committing the three Hebrews to the furnace
Dan 3:1-23
– Belshazzar, in drunkenness and committing sacrilege
Dan 5:22-23
– Darius, in deifying himself
Dan 6:7; Dan 6:9
– The princes, conspiring against Daniel
Dan 6:1-9
– Herod the Great, slaying the children in Bethlehem
Mat 2:16-18
– Herod Antipas:
b In beheading John the Baptist
Mat 14:1-11
b In craftiness and tyranny
Luk 13:31-32; Luk 23:6-15
– Herod Agrippa, persecuting the church
Act 12:1-19
– Pilate, delivering Jesus for crucifixion
Mat 27:11-26; Mar 15:15
– Chief priests, elders, and all the council, seeking false witness against Jesus
Mat 26:59
– Ananias, commanding to smite Paul
Act 23:2 Government; Judges; King