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;(Appointed and removed by God)
;See [[GOVERNMENT#GOD IN|GOVERNMENT, GOD IN]]
;Chastised
:Da 4
;See [[NATION]]
;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|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
;SEE GOVERNMENT
;See [[JUDGES]]
;See [[KINGS]]

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