(Appointed and removed by God)
See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN
Chastised
Daniel 4
See NATION
Monarchical
- See KINGS
Patriarchal
Genesis 27:29,37
INSTANCES OF
- Nimrod
  Genesis 10:8-10
- Abraham
  Genesis 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:21-32
- Melchizedek
  Genesis 14:18
- Isaac
  Genesis 26:26-31
- Judah
  Genesis 38:24
- Heads of families
  Exodus 6:14
- Ishmael
  Genesis 17:20
- Esau, and the dukes of Edom
  Genesis 36
- Theocratic
- See GOVERNMENT
CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF
Genesis 41:33; Exodus 18:21,22; 23:8; Deuteronomy 1:13; 16:18-20; 27:19; 2 Samuel 23:3,4; Ezra 7:25; Psalm 2:10,11; 72:1-17; Proverbs 16:10,12; 17:7; 19:12; 20:8,26,28; 21:1; 24:23-26; 25:2,3,5; 28:2,16; 29:2,4,14; 31:4,5,8,9; Ecclesiastes 8:4; 10:16,17; Isaiah 5:22,23; 16:5; 28:6; 60:17; Jeremiah 13:18; Romans 12:8; 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1,2; 1 Peter 2:13,14
DUTIES OF
Exodus 18:16,20,21; 23:3,6,7,9; Leviticus 19:15; 24:22; Numbers 27:16,17; Deuteronomy 1:16,17; 16:18-20; 17:16-20; 19:18,19; 24:16; 25:1; Joshua 1:7,8; 2 Chronicles 9:8; 19:6,7; Ezra 7:25,26; Psalm 82:2-4; 148:11,13; Isaiah 58:6; Jeremiah 21:12; 22:1-3; Zechariah 7:9,10; 8:16; Romans 13:3; 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Peter 2:14
RIGHTEOUS
- INSTANCES OF
  - Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham
    Genesis 12:15-20
  - Abimelech, in his treatment of Isaac
    Genesis 26:6-11
  - Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of Egypt
    Genesis 41:37-57
  - Pharaoh, in his treatment of Jacob and his family
    Genesis 47:5-10; 50:1-6
  - Moses, in his administration of the affairs of the people Of Israel
    Numbers 16:15
- See GOVERNMENT, MOSAIC
  - Samuel, in not receiving compensation for judgment
    1 Samuel 12:3,4
  - Saul, after the defeat of the Ammonites
    1 Samuel 11:12,13
  - Solomon, in his judgment between the two women who claimed The same child
    1 Kings 3:16-28
  - Solomon, according to the testimony of the queen of Sheba
    1 Kings 10:6-9
  - Asa, in abolishing sodomy and other abominations of idolatry
    1 Kings 15:11-15; 2 Chronicles 14:2-5
  - Jehoshaphat, in walking in the ways of the Lord
    1 Kings 22:41-46; 2 Chronicles 17:3-10; 19; 20:3-30
  - Hezekiah, in his fear of the Lord
    2 Kings 18:3; 20:1-11; 2 Chronicles 30; 31
  - Josiah, in repairing the temple and in other good works
    2 Kings 22; 23; 2 Chronicles 34; 35
  - Cyrus, in emancipating the Jews
    Ezra 1
  - Darius, in advancing the rebuilding of the temple
    Ezra 6:1-12
  - Artaxerxes, in commissioning Ezra to restore the forms of worship at Jerusalem
    Ezra 7; Nehemiah 2; 5:14
  - Nehemiah
    Nehemiah 4; 5
  - Daniel
  - See DANIEL
  - King of Nineveh, in repenting, and proclaimimg a fast
    Jonah 3:6-9
WICKED
Genesis 15:13,14; Exodus 3:9; Deuteronomy 27:19; 1 Samuel 8:10-18; 2 Chronicles 28:19; Nehemiah 5:7-9; 9:34-37; Job 24:22,24; 35:9; Psalm 10:17,18; 12:5,8; 49:20; 58:1,2; 82:2; 94:20,21; 110:5; Proverbs 17:15,26; 28:15,16,28; 29:2,4,12; 30:21,22; Ecclesiastes 3:16,17; 4:1,13,14; 5:8; 8:9; 10:5-7,16,17; Isaiah 1:23; 3:12,14,15; 5:7; 10:1-3; 14:4-20; 28:14,15; 29:20,21; 30:33; 33:1; 40:23; 52:5; 59:14,15; Jeremiah 5:28,29; Ezekiel 21:25,26; 22:6,27; 28:2; 34:2-4,7-10; 45:9; Hosea 5:10; 7:3; 10:7; Amos 3:10,11; 4:1,2; 5:11,12; 6:12,13; Micah 3:1-3,9-11; 7:3,4; Habakkuk 1:4; 2:5-13; Zephaniah 1:8; 3:3; Acts 23:3; James 2:6,9
- INSTANCES OF
  - Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison
    Genesis 39:20; 40:15
  - Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites
    Exodus 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
  - Adoni-bezek, torturing seventy kings
    Judges 1:7
  - Abimelech, killing his seventy brothers
    Judges 9:1-5
  - Eli's sons, desecrating the sacrifices
    1 Samuel 2:12-17
  - Debauching themselves and the worshipers
    1 Samuel 2:22
  - Samuel's sons, taking bribes
    1 Samuel 8:1-5
  - Saul, sparing Agag and the best of the booty
    1 Samuel 15:8-35
  - Saul, jealously plotting against David
    1 Samuel 19
  - Saul, killing Ahimelech and the priests
    1 Samuel 22:7-19
  - Hanun, maltreating David's servants
    2 Samuel 10:4; 1 Chronicles 19:2-5
  - David, numbering Israel and Judah
    2 Samuel 24:1-9; 1 Chronicles 21:1-7; 27:23,24
  - Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous
    1 Kings 11:1-13
  - Solomon, oppressing the people
    1 Kings 12:4; 4:7-23
  - Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy
    1 Kings 12:8-11; 2 Chronicles 10:1-15
  - Jeroboam, perverting the true worship
    1 Kings 12:26-33; 13:1-5; 14:16
  - Exalting debased persons to the priesthood
    1 Kings 12:31; 13:33; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 11:14,15; Ezekiel 44:7; Numbers 3:10
  - Abijam, walking in the sins of Rehoboam
    1 Kings 15:3
  - Nadab, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
    1 Kings 15:26
  - Baasha, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
    1 Kings 15:33,34
  - Asa, imprisoning the seer, and oppressing the people
    2 Chronicles 16:10
  - Zimri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
    1 Kings 16:19
  - Omri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam
    1 Kings 16:25-29
  - Ahab, serving Baal
    1 Kings 16:30-33; 21:21-26
  - Confiscating Naboth's vineyard
    1 Kings 21; 1 Samuel 8:14; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 9:26
  - Jehoram, cleaving to the sins of Jeroboam
    2 Kings 3:2,3
  - Hazael, committing pillage (plundering)
    2 Kings 8:12; 10:32; 12:17; 13:3-7
  - Jehoram, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel
    2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chronicles 21:13
  - Jehu, departing not from the sins of Jeroboam
    2 Kings 10:29
  - Jehoahaz, in following the sins of Jeroboam
    2 Kings 13:1,2
  - Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam
    2 Kings 13:10,11
  - Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam
    2 Kings 14:23,24
  - Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, following the sins of Jeroboam
    2 Kings 15:9,18,24,28
  - Conspiring against Pekahiah and assassinating him
    2 Kings 15:25
  - Hoshea, who conspired against Pekah
    2 Kings 15:30
  - In permitting Baal-worship
    2 Kings 17:1,2,7-18
  - Ahaz, burning his own children in idolatrous sacrifice
    2 Kings 16:3; 2 Chronicles 28:2-4
  - Manasseh, who committed the abominations of the heathen
    2 Kings 21:1-17; 2 Chronicles 33:2-7
  - Amon, who followed the evil example of Manasseh
    2 Kings 21:19-22
  - Jehoahaz, who followed in the ways of his forefathers
    2 Kings 23:32
  - Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his forefathers
    2 Kings 23:37
  - Jehoiachin, in walking in the ways of his forefathers
    2 Kings 24:9
  - Zedekiah, following the evil example of Jehoiakim
    2 Kings 24:19; 2 Chronicles 36:12,13
  - And persecuting Jeremiah
    Jeremiah 38:5,6
  - Joash, killing Zechariah
    2 Chronicles 24:2,17-25
  - Ahaziah, doing evil like the household of Ahab
    2 Chronicles 22:1-9
  - Amaziah, worshiping the gods of Seir
    2 Chronicles 25:14
  - Uzziah, invading the priest's office
    2 Chronicles 26:16
  - Ahasuerus and Haman, decreeing the death of all Jews (genocide)
    Esther 3
  - Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men
    Daniel 2:1-13
  - Nebuchadnezzar, committing the three Hebrews to the furnace
    Daniel 3:1-23
  - Belshazzar, in drunkenness and committing sacrilege
    Daniel 5:22
  - Darius, in deifying himself
    Daniel 6:7,9
  - The princes, conspiring against Daniel
    Daniel 6:1-9
  - Herod the Great, killing the infants in Bethlehem
    Matthew 2:16-18
  - Herod Antipas, in beheading John the Baptist
    Matthew 14:1-11
  - Herod Antipas, in craftiness and tyranny
    Luke 13:31,32; 23:6-15
  - Herod Agrippa I, persecuting the congregation in Jerusalem
    Acts 12:1-19
  - Pilate, delivering up Jesus for crucifixion
    Matthew 27:11-26; Mark 15:15
  - The chief priests, elders, and the Sanhedrin, seeking false witness against Jesus
    Matthew 26:59
  - Ananias, the high priest, commanding to strike Paul
    Acts 23:2
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