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Rulers

(Appointed and removed by God)

See GOD IN GOVERNMENT,

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 MOSAIC
  GOVERNMENT,
  • 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
• DANIEL
• See
• JUDGES
• See
• KINGS