RULERS

(Appointed and removed by God)

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Chastised

Da 4

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Monarchical

See KINGS

Patriarchal

Ge 27:29,37

INSTANCES OF

Nimrod

Ge 10:8-10

Abraham

Ge 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:21-32

Melchizedek

Ge 14:18

Isaac

Ge 26:26-31

Judah

Ge 38:24

Heads of families

Ex 6:14

Ishmael

Ge 17:20

Esau, and the dukes of Edom

Ge 36

Theocratic

See GOVERNMENT

CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF

Ge 41:33; Ex 18:21,22; 23:8; De 1:13; 16:18-20; 27:19; 2Sa 23:3,4; Ezr 7:25; Ps 2:10,11; 72:1-17; Pr 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; Ec 8:4; 10:16,17; Isa 5:22,23; 16:5; 28:6; 60:17; Jer 13:18; Ro 12:8; 13:1-7; 1Ti 2:1,2; 1Pe 2:13,14

DUTIES OF

Ex 18:16,20,21; 23:3,6,7,9; Le 19:15; 24:22; Nu 27:16,17; De 1:16,17; 16:18-20; 17:16-20; 19:18,19; 24:16; 25:1; Jos 1:7,8; 2Ch 9:8; 19:6,7; Ezr 7:25,26; Ps 82:2-4; 148:11,13; Isa 58:6; Jer 21:12; 22:1-3; Zec 7:9,10; 8:16; Ro 13:3; 1Ti 2:2; 1Pe 2:14

RIGHTEOUS

INSTANCES OF

Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham

Ge 12:15-20

Abimelech, in his treatment of Isaac

Ge 26:6-11

Joseph, in how he conducted the affairs of Egypt

Ge 41:37-57

Pharaoh, in his treatment of Jacob and his family

Ge 47:5-10; 50:1-6

Moses, in his administration of the affairs of the people of Israel

Nu 16:15

See GOVERNMENT, MOSAIC

Samuel, in not receiving compensation for judgment

1Sa 12:3,4

Saul, after the defeat of the Ammonites

1Sa 11:12,13

Solomon, in his judgment between the two women who claimed the same child

1Ki 3:16-28

Solomon, according to the testimony of the queen of Sheba

1Ki 10:6-9

Asa, in abolishing sodomy and other abominations of idolatry

1Ki 15:11-15; 2Ch 14:2-5

Jehoshaphat, in walking in the ways of the Lord

1Ki 22:41-46; 2Ch 17:3-10; 19; 20:3-30

Hezekiah, in his fear of the Lord

2Ki 18:3; 20:1-11; 2Ch 30; 31

Josiah, in repairing the temple and in other good works

2Ki 22; 23; 2Ch 34; 35

Cyrus, in emancipating the Jews

Ezr 1

Darius, in advancing the rebuilding of the temple

Ezr 6:1-12

Artaxerxes, in commissioning Ezra to restore the forms of worship at Jerusalem

Ezr 7; Ne 2; 5:14

Nehemiah

Ne 4; 5

Daniel

See DANIEL

King of Nineveh, in repenting, and proclaimimg a fast

Jon 3:6-9

WICKED

Ge 15:13,14; Ex 3:9; De 27:19; 1Sa 8:10-18; 2Ch 28:19; Ne 5:7-9; 9:34-37; Job 24:22,24; 35:9; Ps 10:17,18; 12:5,8; 49:20; 58:1,2; 82:2; 94:20,21; 110:5; Pr 17:15,26; 28:15,16,28; 29:2,4,12; 30:21,22; Ec 3:16,17; 4:1,13,14; 5:8; 8:9; 10:5-7,16,17; Isa 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; Jer 5:28,29; Eze 21:25,26; 22:6,27; 28:2; 34:2-4,7-10; 45:9; Ho 5:10; 7:3; 10:7; Am 3:10,11; 4:1,2; 5:11,12; 6:12,13; Mic 3:1-3,9-11; 7:3,4; Hab 1:4; 2:5-13; Zep 1:8; 3:3; Ac 23:3; Jas 2:6,9

INSTANCES OF

Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison

Ge 39:20; with 40:15

Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites

Ex 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11

Adoni-bezek, torturing seventy kings

Jud 1:7

Abimelech, killing his seventy brothers

Jud 9:1-5

Eli's sons, desecrating the sacrifices

1Sa 2:12-17

Debauching themselves and the worshipers

1Sa 2:22

Samuel's sons, taking bribes

1Sa 8:1-5

Saul, sparing Agag and the best of the booty

1Sa 15:8-35

Saul, jealously plotting against David

1Sa 19

Saul, killing Ahimelech and the priests

1Sa 22:7-19

Hanun, maltreating David's servants

2Sa 10:4; 1Ch 19:2-5

David, numbering Israel and Judah

2Sa 24:1-9; 1Ch 21:1-7; 27:23,24

Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous

1Ki 11:1-13

Solomon, oppressing the people

1Ki 12:4; 4:7-23

Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy

1Ki 12:8-11; 2Ch 10:1-15

Jeroboam, perverting the true worship

1Ki 12:26-33; 13:1-5; 14:16

Exalting debased persons to the priesthood

1Ki 12:31; 13:33; 2Ki 17:32; 2Ch 11:14,15; Eze 44:7; with Nu 3:10

Abijam, walking in the sins of Rehoboam

1Ki 15:3

Nadab, walking in the ways of Jeroboam

1Ki 15:26

Baasha, walking in the ways of Jeroboam

1Ki 15:33,34

Asa, imprisoning the seer, and oppressing the people

2Ch 16:10

Zimri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam

1Ki 16:19

Omri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam

1Ki 16:25-29

Ahab, serving Baal

1Ki 16:30-33; 21:21-26

Confiscating Naboth's vineyard

1Ki 21; with 1Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:38; 2Ki 9:26

Jehoram, cleaving to the sins of Jeroboam

2Ki 3:2,3

Hazael, committing pillage (plundering)

2Ki 8:12; 10:32; 12:17; 13:3-7

Jehoram, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel

2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 21:13

Jehu, departing not from the sins of Jeroboam

2Ki 10:29

Jehoahaz, in following the sins of Jeroboam

2Ki 13:1,2

Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam

2Ki 13:10,11

Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam

2Ki 14:23,24

Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, following the sins of Jeroboam

2Ki 15:9,18,24,28

Conspiring against Pekahiah and assassinating him

2Ki 15:25

Hoshea, who conspired against Pekah

2Ki 15:30

In permitting Baal-worship

2Ki 17:1,2,7-18

Ahaz, burning his own children in idolatrous sacrifice

2Ki 16:3; 2Ch 28:2-4

Manasseh, who committed the abominations of the heathen

2Ki 21:1-17; 2Ch 33:2-7

Amon, who followed the evil example of Manasseh

2Ki 21:19-22

Jehoahaz, who followed in the ways of his forefathers

2Ki 23:32

Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his forefathers

2Ki 23:37

Jehoiachin, in walking in the ways of his forefathers

2Ki 24:9

Zedekiah, following the evil example of Jehoiakim

2Ki 24:19; 2Ch 36:12,13

And persecuting Jeremiah

Jer 38:5,6

Joash, killing Zechariah

2Ch 24:2,17-25

Ahaziah, doing evil like the household of Ahab

2Ch 22:1-9

Amaziah, worshiping the gods of Seir

2Ch 25:14

Uzziah, invading the priest's office

2Ch 26:16

Ahasuerus and Haman, decreeing the death of all Jews (genocide)

Es 3

Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men

Da 2:1-13

Nebuchadnezzar, committing the three Hebrews to the furnace

Da 3:1-23

Belshazzar, in drunkenness and committing sacrilege

Da 5:22

Darius, in deifying himself

Da 6:7,9

The princes, conspiring against Daniel

Da 6:1-9

Herod the Great, killing the infants in Bethlehem

Mt 2:16-18

Herod Antipas, in beheading John the Baptist

Mt 14:1-11

Herod Antipas, in craftiness and tyranny

Lu 13:31,32; 23:6-15

Herod Agrippa I, persecuting the congregation in Jerusalem

Ac 12:1-19

Pilate, delivering up Jesus for crucifixion

Mt 27:11-26; Mr 15:15

The chief priests, elders, and the Sanhedrin, seeking false witness against Jesus

Mt 26:59

Ananias, the high priest, commanding to strike Paul

Ac 23:2

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