Topics

Government

Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source

• 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 Cabinet
• See King
• See RULER
• Judicial department in
• See Court
• See Judge
• See Justice
• See LEVITE
• See Priest
• MOSAIC
• ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM Exodus 18:13–26Numbers 11:16Numbers 11:17Numbers 11:24Numbers 11:25Deuteronomy 1:9–17
• POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
• Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses Exodus 19:7Exodus 19:8Exodus 24:3Exodus 24:7Deuteronomy 29:10–15
• Refused to make conquest of Canaan Numbers 14:1–10
• Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler Numbers 27:18–231 Samuel 10:241 Samuel 11:141 Samuel 11:152 Samuel 3:17–212 Samuel 5:1–31 Chronicles 29:222 Chronicles 23:3
• Possessed veto power over the king's purposes 1 Samuel 14:441 Samuel 14:45
• The court in certain capital cases Numbers 35:12Numbers 35:24Numbers 35:25
• THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
• Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders Exodus 3:16Exodus 3:18Exodus 4:29–31Exodus 12:21Exodus 17:5Exodus 17:6Exodus 18:12Exodus 19:7Exodus 19:8Exodus 24:1Exodus 24:14Leviticus 4:15Leviticus 9:1Numbers 11:16–18Numbers 11:30Numbers 16:25Deuteronomy 1:13–15Deuteronomy 5:23Deuteronomy 27:1Deuteronomy 29:10–15Deuteronomy 31:9Deuteronomy 31:28Joshua 7:6Joshua 8:10Joshua 8:32Joshua 8:33Joshua 23:2Joshua 23:3Joshua 23:6Joshua 24:1Joshua 24:24Joshua 24:25Judges 21:16–25Acts 5:17Acts 5:18Acts 5:21–41
• MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE
• Demands a king 1 Samuel 8:4–101 Samuel 8:19–22
• Saul pleads to be honored before 1 Samuel 15:30
• Chooses David as king 2 Samuel 3:17–212 Samuel 5:31 Chronicles 11:3
• Closely associated with David 2 Samuel 12:171 Chronicles 15:251 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 8:1–32 Chronicles 5:2–4
• Counsels king Rehoboam 1 Kings 12:6–81 Kings 12:13
• Counsels king Ahab 1 Kings 20:71 Kings 20:8
• Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord 2 Kings 23:12 Chronicles 34:292 Chronicles 34:31
• Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen Ezra 9:1Ezra 10:8–14
• Legislates in later times Matthew 15:2Matthew 15:7–9Mark 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 21:23Matthew 26:3–5Matthew 26:57–68Matthew 27:1Matthew 27:2Mark 8:31Mark 14:43–65Mark 15:1Luke 22:52–71Acts 4:1–21Acts 6:9–15Acts 7:1–59
• Unfaithful to the city Lamentations 1:19
• Seeks counsel from prophets Ezekiel 8:1Ezekiel 14:1Ezekiel 20:1Ezekiel 20:3Joel 1:14Joel 2:16
• Corrupt 1 Kings 21:8–14Ezekiel 8:11Ezekiel 8:12Matthew 26:14Matthew 26:15
• A similar senate existed
• Among the Egyptians Genesis 50:7Exodus 10:1Exodus 10:7Exodus 12:30Exodus 14:5
• Among the Midianites and Moabites Numbers 22:4Numbers 22:7
• Among the Gibeonites Joshua 9:11
• EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Numbers 1:4–16Numbers 1:44Numbers 7:2Numbers 7:3Numbers 7:10Numbers 7:11Numbers 7:18Numbers 7:24Numbers 7:54Numbers 7:84Numbers 10:4Numbers 16:2Numbers 17:2Numbers 17:6Numbers 27:2Numbers 31:13Numbers 31:14Numbers 32:2Numbers 34:18–29Numbers 36:1Joshua 9:15–21Joshua 17:4Joshua 22:13–321 Kings 21:11–13Nehemiah 3:9Nehemiah 3:12Nehemiah 3:16Nehemiah 3:18Nehemiah 3:19
• 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 Genesis 14:1Joshua 11:10Esther 1:1Daniel 4:1Daniel 6:1–3Luke 2:1
• MONARCHICAL
• Tyranny in, instances of
• By Saul 1 Samuel 22:61 Samuel 22:12–19
• By David 2 Samuel 1:13–162 Samuel 4:9–122 Samuel 11:14–17
• By Solomon 1 Kings 2:23–251 Kings 2:28–341 Kings 2:36–461 Kings 12:1–161 Kings 21:7–162 Kings 10
• By Ahasuerus Esther 2Esther 3
• By Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 1:10Daniel 2:5–13Daniel 5:19
• By Herod Mark 6:27Mark 6:28
• See ISRAEL, HISTORY OF
• Under these sub-topics
• See KINGS
• Also see [1921]ASSYRIA;
• See Babylon
• See Chaldea
• See Syria
• Limited
• See Constitution
• MUNICIPAL
• Devolving upon a local senate and executive officers Deuteronomy 19:12Deuteronomy 21:2–8Deuteronomy 21:18–21Deuteronomy 22:13–21Deuteronomy 25:7–9Joshua 20:4Judges 8:14–16Judges 11:5–11Ruth 4:2–111 Samuel 11:31 Samuel 16:41 Samuel 30:261 Kings 21:8–142 Kings 10:1–7Ezra 10:8Ezra 10:14Nehemiah 3:9Nehemiah 3:12Nehemiah 3:16Nehemiah 3:18Nehemiah 3:19Lamentations 5:14
• PROVINCIAL Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:9Ezra 5:3Ezra 5:6Ezra 6:6Ezra 8:36Nehemiah 2:7Nehemiah 2:9Nehemiah 5:14Daniel 6:1–3Matthew 27:2Matthew 28:14Luke 3:1Acts 24:1
• See Herod
• See PILATE
• REPRESENTATIVE Deuteronomy 1:13–15Joshua 9:11
• See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL
• Also see [1928]ELDER
• THEOCRATIC Exodus 19:3–8Deuteronomy 26:16–19Deuteronomy 29:1–131 Samuel 8:61 Samuel 8:7
• See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN
• Also see RULERS
• See Judge
• See Elder
• See Church and state
• CORRUPTION IN 1 Kings 21:5–13Proverbs 25:5Micah 3:1–4Micah 3:9–11
• See CHURCH, CORRUPTION IN>
• See COURT, CORRUPT
• Instances of
• Pilate, in delivering Jesus to death in order to please the clamoring multitude John 19:12–16Matthew 27:24
• Felix, who expected money from Paul Acts 24:26
• See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF
• DUTY OF CITIZENS TO Matthew 22:17–21Luke 20:25Romans 13:1–7Titus 3:11 Peter 2:13–17
• See CITIZEN
• GOD IN
• In appointment of Saul as king 1 Samuel 9:15–171 Samuel 10:1
• In Saul's rejection 1 Samuel 15:26–28Acts 13:22
• In the appointment of David 1 Samuel 16:11 Samuel 16:71 Samuel 16:132 Samuel 7:13–16Psalms 89:19–37Acts 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 11:141 Kings 11:23
• In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries 1 Kings 11:131 Kings 12:1–242 Chronicles 10:152 Chronicles 11:42 Chronicles 22:7
• In blotting out the household of Jeroboam 1 Kings 14:7–161 Kings 15:27–30
• In the appointment of kings 1 Kings 14:141 Kings 16:1–41 Chronicles 28:41 Chronicles 28:51 Chronicles 29:25Psalms 22:28
• In the destruction of nations Amos 9:8
• See THEOCRATIC
• Also see [1936]GOD, SOVEREIGN
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN Psalms 22:28Proverbs 8:15Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7Jeremiah 1:9Jeremiah 1:10Jeremiah 18:6–10Jeremiah 25:12–33Ezekiel 21:25–27Ezekiel 29:19Ezekiel 29:20Daniel 2:20Daniel 2:21Daniel 2:37Daniel 4:17Daniel 5:18–28Daniel 10:13Hosea 8:4Amos 9:8Haggai 2:21Haggai 2:22John 19:10John 19:11
• See GOD, SOVERIGN
• See JESUS, KINGDOM OF