GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT. → Paternal functions of Ge 41:25-57 → Civil service school provided by Da 1:3-20 → Maintains of public instruction 2Ch 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 Ex 18:13-26; Nu 11:16,17,24,25; De 1:9-17
* POPULAR, BY A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES

Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by Moses Ex 19:7,8; 24:3,7; De 29:10-15
* Refused to make conquest of Canaan Nu 14:1-10
* Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler Nu 27:18-23; 1Sa 10:24; with 8:4-22; 11:14,15; 2Sa 3:17-21; 5:1-3; 1Ch 29:22; 2Ch 23:3
* Possessed veto power over the king's purposes 1Sa 14:44,45
* The court in certain capital cases Nu 35:12,24,25
* THE DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL

Closely associated with Moses and subsequent leaders Ex 3:16,18; 4:29-31; 12:21; 17:5,6; 18:12; 19:7,8; 24:1,14; Le 4:15; 9:1; Nu 11:16-18,30; 16:25; De 1:13-15; 5:23; 27:1; 29:10-15; 31:9,28; Jos 7:6; 8:10,32,33; 23:2,3,6; 24:1,24,25; Jud 21:16-25; Ac 5:17,18,21-41
* MISCELLANY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE SENATE

Demands a king 1Sa 8:4-10,19-22
* Saul pleads to be honored before 1Sa 15:30
* Chooses David as king 2Sa 3:17-21; 5:3; 1Ch 11:3
* Closely associated with David 2Sa 12:17; 1Ch 15:25; 21:16
* Joins Absalom in his usurpation 2Sa 17:4
* David rebukes 2Sa 19:11
* Assists Solomon at the dedication of the temple 1Ki 8:1-3; 2Ch 5:2-4
* Counsels king Rehoboam 1Ki 12:6-8,13
* Counsels king Ahab 1Ki 20:7,8
* Josiah assembles to hear the law of the Lord 2Ki 23:1; 2Ch 34:29,31
* Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen Ezr 9:1; 10:8-14
* Legislates in later times Mt 15:2,7-9; Mr 7:1-3
* Sits as a court Jer 26:10-24
* Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes Mt 21:23; 26:3-5,57-68; 27:1,2; Mr 8:31; 14:43-65; 15:1; Lu 22:52-71; Ac 4:1-21; 6:9-15; 7:1-59
* Unfaithful to the city La 1:19
* Seeks counsel from prophets Eze 8:1; 14:1; 20:1,3; Joe 1:14; 2:16
* Corrupt 1Ki 21:8-14; Eze 8:11,12; Mt 26:14,15; with 27:3,4
* A similar senate existed

Among the Egyptians Ge 50:7; with 41:37,38; Ex 10:1,7; 12:30; 14:5 Among the Midianites and Moabites Nu 22:4,7 Among the Gibeonites Jos 9:11
* EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF TRIBES AND CITIES, CALLED PRINCES OR NOBLES, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Nu 1:4-16,44; 7:2,3,10,11,18,24,54,84; 10:4; 16:2; 17:2,6; 27:2; 31:13,14; 32:2; 34:18-29; 36:1; Jos 9:15-21; 17:4; 22:13-32; 1Ki 21:11-13; Ne 3:9,12,16,18,19
* 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 Ge 14:1; Jos 11:10; Es 1:1; Da 4:1; 6:1-3; Lu 2:1 → MONARCHICAL
* Tyranny in, instances of

By Saul 1Sa 22:6,12-19
* By David 2Sa 1:13-16; 4:9-12; 11:14-17
* By Solomon 1Ki 2:23-25,28-34,36-46; 12:1-16; 21:7-16; 2Ki 10
* By Ahasuerus Es 2; 3
* By Nebuchadnezzar Da 1:10; 2:5-13; 5:19
* By Herod Mr 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 De 19:12; 21:2-8,18-21; 22:13-21; 25:7-9; Jos 20:4; Jud 8:14-16; 11:5-11; Ru 4:2-11; 1Sa 11:3; 16:4; 30:26; 1Ki 21:8-14; 2Ki 10:1-7; Ezr 10:8,14; Ne 3:9,12,16,18,19; La 5:14

→ PROVINCIAL Ezr 4:8,9; 5:3,6; 6:6; 8:36; Ne 2:7,9; 5:14; Da 6:1-3; Mt 27:2; 28:14; Lu 3:1; Ac 24:1
* See HEROD
* See PILATE

→ REPRESENTATIVE De 1:13-15; Jos 9:11
* See DELEGATED, SENATORIAL COUNCIL, above
* Also see ELDER

→ THEOCRATIC Ex 19:3-8; De 26:16-19; 29:1-13; 1Sa 8:6,7
* See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN, below
* Also see RULERS
* See JUDGE
* See ELDER
* See CHURCH AND STATE

→ CORRUPTION IN 1Ki 21:5-13; Pr 25:5; Mic 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 Joh 19:12-16; Mt 27:24
* Felix, who expected money from Paul Ac 24:26
* See RULERS, WICKED, INSTANCES OF

→ DUTY OF CITIZENS TO Mt 22:17-21; Lu 20:25; Ro 13:1-7; Tit 3:1; 1Pe 2:13-17
* See CITIZEN

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

→ UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GOD IN Ps 22:28; Pr 8:15; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 1:9,10; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Eze 21:25-27; 29:19,20; Da 2:20,21,37; 4:17; 5:18-28; 10:13; Ho 8:4; Am 9:8; Hag 2:21,22; Joh 19:10,11
* See GOD, SOVERIGN
* See JESUS, KINGDOM OF

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government. Government, n. general system of polity for regulating a society, a state or body politic, administration or executive power, direction or control

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Gov″ern‐ment (?), n. [[F. gouvernement. See Govern.]] 1. 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
2. 2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. Milton. 3. 3. The right or power of governing; authority.
I here resign my government to thee. Shak. 4. 4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. Mozley & W. 5. 5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
6. 6. Management of the limbs or body. Shak.
7. 7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.