-Paternal functions of Genesis 41:25-57

-Civil service school provided by Daniel 1:3-20

-Maintains of public instruction 2Chronicles 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 Numbers 11:16, 17, Exodus 18:13-26; 24, 25; Deuteronomy 1:9-17

• .POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES .Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses Exodus 19:7, 8; 24:3, 7; Deuteronomy 29:10-15 .Refused to make conquest of Canaan Numbers 14:1-10 .Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler Numbers 27:18-23; 1Samuel 10:24 with 1Samuel 8:4-22; 11:14, 15; 2Samuel 3:17-21; 5:1-3; 1Chronicles 29:22; 2Chronicles 23:3 .Possessed veto power over the king's purposes 1Samuel 14:44, 45 .The court in certain capital cases Numbers 35:12, 24, 25

• .THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL .Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders Exodus 3:16, 18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5, 6; 18:12; 19:7, 8; 24:1, 14; Leviticus 4:15; 9:1; Numbers 11:16-18, 30; 16:25; Deuteronomy 1:13-15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9, 28; Joshua 7:6; 8:10, 23:2, 32, 33; 24:1, 3, 6; 24, 25; Judges 21:16-25; Acts 5:17, 18, 21-41

• .MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE .Demands a king 1Samuel 8:4-10, 19-22 .Saul pleads to be honored before 1Samuel 15:30 .Chooses David as king 2Samuel 3:17-21; 5:3; 1Chronicles 11:3 .Closely associated with David 2Samuel 12:17; 1Chronicles 15:25; 21:16 .Joins Absalom in his usurpation 2Samuel 17:4 .David rebukes 2Samuel 19:11 .Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple 1Kings 8:1-3; 2Chronicles 5:2-4 .Counsels king Rehoboam 1Kings 12:6-8, 13 .Counsels king Ahab 1Kings 20:7, 8 .Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord 2Kings 23:1; 2Chronicles 34:29, 31

  .Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen Ezra 9:1; 10:8-14 .Legislates in later times Matthew 15:2, 7-9; Mark 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 21:23; 26:3-5, 57-68; 27:1, 2; Mark 8:31; 14:43-65; 15:1; Luke 22:52-71; Acts 4:1-21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59 .Unfaithful to the city Lamentations 1:19 .Seeks counsel from prophets Ezekiel 8:1; 14:1; 20:1, 3; Joel 1:14; 2:16 .Corrupt 1Kings 21:8-14; Ezekiel 8:11, 12; Matthew 26:14, 15 with Matthew 27:3, 4 .A similar senate existed .Among the Egyptians Genesis 50:7 with Genesis 41:37, 38; Exodus 10:1, 7; 12:30; 14:5 .Among the Midianites and Moabites Numbers 22:4, 7 .Among the Gibeonites Joshua 9:11

• .EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 7:2, 3, 10, 11, 18, 24, Numbers 1:4-16, 44; 54, 84; 10:4; 16:2; 17:2, 6; 27:2; 31:13, 14; 32:2; 34:18-29; 36:1; Joshua 9:15-21; 17:4; 22:13-32; Nehemiah 3:9, 12, 16, 1Kings 21:11-13; 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 Genesis 14:1; Joshua 11:10; Esther 1:1; Daniel 4:1; 6:1-3; Luke 2:1

-MONARCHICAL .Tyranny in, instances of .By Saul 1Samuel 22:6, 12-19 .By David 2Samuel 1:13-16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17 .By Solomon 1Kings 2:23-25, 28-34, 36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2Kings 10 .By Ahasuerus Esther 2; 3 .By Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19 .By Herod Mark 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 Deuteronomy 19:12; 21:2-8, 18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; Joshua 20:4; Judges 8:14-16; 11:5-11; Ruth 4:2-11; 1Samuel 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1Kings 21:8-14; 2Kings 10:1-7; Nehemiah 3:9, 12, 16, Ezra 10:8, 14; 18, 19; Lamentations 5:14

-PROVINCIAL Ezra 4:8, 9; 5:3, 6; 6:6; 8:36; Nehemiah 2:7, 9; 5:14; Daniel 6:1-3; Matthew 27:2; 28:14; Luke 3:1; Acts 24:1
.See HEROD
.See PILATE

-REPRESENTATIVE Deuteronomy 1:13-15; Joshua 9:11
.See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL,
.Also see ELDER

-THEOCRATIC Exodus 19:3-8; Deuteronomy 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1Samuel 8:6, 7
.See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN
.Also see RULERS
.See JUDGE
.See ELDER
.See CHURCH AND STATE

-CORRUPTION IN 1Kings 21:5-13; Proverbs 25:5; Micah 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 John 19:12-16; Matthew 27:24 .Felix, who expected money from Paul Acts 24:26
.See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF

-DUTY OF CITIZENS TO Matthew 22:17-21; Luke 20:25; Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1; 1Peter 2:13-17
.See CITIZEN

-GOD IN .In appointment of Saul as king 1Samuel 9:15-17; 10:1 .In Saul's rejection 1Samuel 15:26-28; Acts 13:22 .In the appointment of David 1Samuel 16:1, 7, 13; 2Samuel 7:13-16; Psalms 89:19-37; Acts 13:22 .In counseling Solomon 1Kings 9:2-9 .In magnifying him 1Chronicles 29:25 .In denouncing Solomon's wickedness 1Kings 11:9-13 .In raising adversaries against Solomon 1Kings 11:14, 23 .In dividing the Jewish nation into two different countries 1Kings 11:13; 12:1-24; 2Chronicles 10:15; 11:4; 22:7 .In blotting out the household of Jeroboam 1Kings 14:7-16; 15:27-30 .In the appointment of kings 1Kings 14:14; 16:1-4; 1Chronicles 28:4, 5; 29:25; Psalms 22:28 .In the destruction of nations Amos 9:8
.See THEOCRATIC
.Also see GOD, SOVEREIGN

-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN Psalms 22:28; Proverbs 8:15; Isaiah 9:6, 7; Jeremiah 1:9, 10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Ezekiel 21:25-27; Daniel 2:20, 29:19, 20; 21, 37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Hosea 8:4; Amos 9:8; Haggai 2:21, 22; John 19:10, 11
.See GOD, SOVERIGN
.See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

-(A district of Mesopotamia) -Israelites taken in captivity to, by the king of Assyria, after the conquest of Samaria 1Chronicles 5:26; 2Kings 17:6; 18:11; 19:12

-General scriptures concerning Genesis 15:6; 20:6; Deuteronomy 7:6-9; 9:4-6; Job 10:12; 22:2, 3; Psalms 94:17-19; 138:3; 143:11; Daniel 9:18; 10:18, 19; John 6:44, 45; 17:11, 12, 15; Acts 4:29, 30; 26:22; 4:4, Romans 3:22-24; 5, 16; 5:2, 6-8, 15-21; 9:10-16; 11:5, 6; 1Corinthians 1:4-8; 10:13; 15:10; 2Corinthians 1:12; Ephesians 1:5-9, Galatians 1:15, 16; 11, 12; 2:8, 9; 3:16; 4:7; 6:10; Philippians 1:19; 2:13; 1Thessalonians 1:1; 5:28; 1Timothy 1:14; 2Timothy 1:1, 9; Titus 3:7; 1Peter 1:5; 4:10; 5:10; Jude 1:21, 2Peter 1:2; 24, 25; Revelation 3:10

-See GOD, GRACE OF

-GROWTH IN Psalms 84:7; Proverbs 4:18; Philippians 1:6, 9-11; 3:12-15; Colossians 1:10, 11; 2:19; 1Thessalonians 3:10, 12, 13; 2Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:1-3; 1Peter 2:1-3; 2Peter 3:18