Sources & method
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Church and state
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- 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 16:1–132 Kings 9:1–262 Kings 11:4–12
- Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved 1 Samuel 13:8–142 Chronicles 26:16–21
- STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION
- David, in organizing the priests and in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services 1 Chronicles 231 Chronicles 241 Chronicles 252 Chronicles 35:4
- Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office 1 Kings 2:261 Kings 2:27
- 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 33:2–92 Chronicles 33:15–17
- 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 36:222 Chronicles 36:23Ezra 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 Government
- See Tax