Usurpation

usurpation

(Latin: in, in; trudo, thrust)

The unlawful taking possession of a benefice.

Of Political functions:

– By Absalom

2Sa 15:1-12

– By Adonijah

1Ki 1:5-9

– By Baasha

1Ki 15:27-28

– By Zimri

1Ki 16:9-10

– By Jehu

2Ki 9:11-37

– By Athaliah

2Ki 11:1-16

– By Shallum

2Ki 15:10

In ecclesiastical affairs:

– By Saul, in assuming priestly functions

1Sa 13:8-14

– By Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the priesthood

1Ki 2:26-27

– By Uzziah, in assuming priestly offices

2Ch 26:16-21

– By Ahaz

2Ki 16:12-13 Church, The Collective Body of Believers, Church and State, State Superior to the Church; Government, Ecclesiastical

Of executive power:

– In ordering Naboth’s death and confiscation of his vineyard

1Ki 21:7-19

– In the scheme of Joseph to dispossess the Egyptians of their real and personal property

Gen 47:13-26

– Of Pharaoh, making bondservants of the Israelites

Exo 1:9-22

– Moses accused of

Num 16:3