Church and State
Theme27 references23 chapters
Outline
- Appoints kings — 1 Samuel 10:1
- Directs administration — 1 Samuel 15:1
- Reproves rulers — 1 Samuel 15:14
- Withdraws support and anoints a successor — 1 Samuel 16:1; 2 Kings 9:1; 2 Kings 11:4
- Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved — 1 Samuel 13:8; 2 Chronicles 26:16
- David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services — 1 Chronicles 23; 1 Chronicles 24; 1 Chronicles 25; 2 Chronicles 35:4
- Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office — 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 2:27
- Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc — 1 Kings 5:8
- Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service — 2 Chronicles 31:2
- Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion — 1 Kings 12:26
- Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion — 2 Chronicles 33:2; 2 Chronicles 33:15
- Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple — 2 Kings 12:4
- Ahaz, in transforming the altars — 2 Kings 16:10
- Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple — 2 Chronicles 34:29
- Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem — 2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1
- Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the temple — Ezra 6:1
- Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxes — Ezra 7:24
Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.