Rulers
Rulers
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Rulers'". "Nave's Topical Bible".. 1896.
- (Appointed and removed by God)
- See GOVERNMENT, GOD IN
- Chastised
Daniel 4 - See NATION
- Monarchical
- See KINGS
- Patriarchal
Genesis 27:29 Genesis 27:37 - 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
- Nimrod
- CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF
Genesis 41:33 ; Exodus 18:21 Exodus 18:22 ; 23:8 ; Deuteronomy 1:13 ; 16:18-20 ; 27:19 ; 2 Samuel 23:3 2 Samuel 23:4 ; Ezra 7:25 ; Psalms 2:10 Psalms 2:11 ; 72:1-17 ; Proverbs 16:10 Proverbs 16:12 ; 17:7 ; 19:12 ; Proverbs 20:8 Proverbs 20:26 Proverbs 20:28 ; 21:1 ; 24:23-26 ; Proverbs 25:2 Proverbs 25:3 Proverbs 25:5 ; Proverbs 28:2 Proverbs 28:16 ; Proverbs 29:2 Proverbs 29:4 Proverbs 29:14 ; Proverbs 31:4 Proverbs 31:5 Proverbs 31:8 Proverbs 31:9 ; Ecclesiastes 8:4 ; Ecclesiastes 10:16 Ecclesiastes 10:17 ; Isaiah 5:22 Isaiah 5:23 ; 16:5 ; 28:6 ; 60:17 ; Jeremiah 13:18 ; Romans 12:8 ; 13:1-7 ; 1 Timothy 2:1 1 Timothy 2:2 ; 1 Peter 2:13 1 Peter 2:14 - DUTIES OF
Exodus 18:16 Exodus 18:20 Exodus 18:21 ; Exodus 23:3 Exodus 23:6 Exodus 23:7 Exodus 23:9 ; Leviticus 19:15 ; 24:22 ; Numbers 27:16 Numbers 27:17 ; Deuteronomy 1:16 Deuteronomy 1:17 ; 16:18-20 ; 17:16-20 ; Deuteronomy 19:18 Deuteronomy 19:19 ; 24:16 ; 25:1 ; Joshua 1:7 Joshua 1:8 ; 2 Chronicles 9:8 ; 2 Chronicles 19:6 2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Ezra 7:25 Ezra 7:26 ; Psalms 82:2-4 ; Psalms 148:11 Psalms 148:13 ; Isaiah 58:6 ; Jeremiah 21:12 ; 22:1-3 ; Zechariah 7:9 Zechariah 7:10 ; 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
- Pharaoh, in his treatment of Abraham
- See GOVERNMENT, MOSAIC
- Samuel, in not receiving compensation for judgment
1 Samuel 12:3 1 Samuel 12:4 - Saul, after the defeat of the Ammonites
1 Samuel 11:12 1 Samuel 11:13 - 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
- Samuel, in not receiving compensation for judgment
- INSTANCES OF
- WICKED
Genesis 15:13 Genesis 15:14 ; 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 Job 24:24 ; 35:9 ; Psalms 10:17 Psalms 10:18 ; Psalms 12:5 Psalms 12:8 ; 49:20 ; Psalms 58:1 Psalms 58:2 ; 82:2 ; Psalms 94:20 Psalms 94:21 ; 110:5 ; Proverbs 17:15 Proverbs 17:26 ; Proverbs 28:15 Proverbs 28:16 Proverbs 28:28 ; Proverbs 29:2 Proverbs 29:4 Proverbs 29:12 ; Proverbs 30:21 Proverbs 30:22 ; Ecclesiastes 3:16 Ecclesiastes 3:17 ; Ecclesiastes 4:1 Ecclesiastes 4:13 Ecclesiastes 4:14 ; 5:8 ; 8:9 ; Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 Ecclesiastes 10:16 Ecclesiastes 10:17 ; Isaiah 1:23 ; Isaiah 3:12 Isaiah 3:14 Isaiah 3:15 ; 5:7 ; 10:1-3 ; 14:4-20 ; Isaiah 28:14 Isaiah 28:15 ; Isaiah 29:20 Isaiah 29:21 ; 30:33 ; 33:1 ; 40:23 ; 52:5 ; Isaiah 59:14 Isaiah 59:15 ; Jeremiah 5:28 Jeremiah 5:29 ; Ezekiel 21:25 Ezekiel 21:26 ; Ezekiel 22:6 Ezekiel 22:27 ; 28:2 ; Ezekiel 34:2-4 Ezekiel 34:7-10 ; 45:9 ; Hosea 5:10 ; 7:3 ; 10:7 ; Amos 3:10 Amos 3:11 ; Amos 4:1 Amos 4:2 ; Amos 5:11 Amos 5:12 ; Amos 6:12 Amos 6:13 ; Micah 3:1-3 Micah 3:9-11 ; Micah 7:3 Micah 7:4 ; Habakkuk 1:4 ; 2:5-13 ; Zephaniah 1:8 ; 3:3 ; Acts 23:3 ; James 2:6 James 2:9- 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 - Elis sons, desecrating the sacrifices
1 Samuel 2:12-17 - Debauching themselves and the worshipers
1 Samuel 2:22 - Samuels 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 Davids 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 ; 1 Chronicles 27:23 1 Chronicles 27:24 - 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 2 Chronicles 11:15 ; 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 1 Kings 15:34 - 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 Naboths 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 2 Kings 3:3 - 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 Kings 13:2 - Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam
2 Kings 13:10 2 Kings 13:11 - Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 14:23 2 Kings 14:24 - Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, following the sins of Jeroboam
2 Kings 15:9 2 Kings 15:18 2 Kings 15:24 2 Kings 15:28 - 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 Kings 17:2 2 Kings 17:7-18 - 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 2 Chronicles 36:13 - And persecuting Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:5 Jeremiah 38:6 - Joash, killing Zechariah
2 Chronicles 24:2 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 - 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 priests 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 Daniel 6:9 - 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 Luke 13:32 ; 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
- Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison
- INSTANCES OF
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Rulers'". "Nave's Topical Bible".