Diplomacy

• General scriptures concerning — 1 Corinthians 9:20
• Of Abimelech — Genesis 21:22; Genesis 21:23; Genesis 26:26
• The Gibeonites, in securing a treaty with the Israelites through deception — Joshua 9:3
• Of Jephthah, with the king of Moab, unsuccessful — Judges 11:12
• Of Abigail — 1 Samuel 25:23
• Of Hiram, to secure the good will of David — 2 Samuel 5:11
• Of Toi, to promote the friendship of David — 2 Samuel 8:10
• David, in sending Hushai Absalom's court — 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 16:15; 2 Samuel 17:1
• The wise woman of Abel — 2 Samuel 20:16
• Absalom winning the people — 2 Samuel 15:2
• Solomon, in his alliance with Hiram — 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 9:10; 1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 9:27; 1 Kings 10:11
• By intermarriage with other nations — 1 Kings 1:1
• Ambassadors from Ben-hadad to Ahab — 1 Kings 20:31
• Jehoash purchases peace from Hazael — 2 Kings 12:18
• Ahaz purchases assistance from the king of Assyria — 2 Kings 16:7
• Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue — 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:1; Isaiah 36:11
• Sanballat, in prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah — Nehemiah 6
• The people of Tyre and Sidon, in securing the favor of Herod (Agrippa I) — Acts 12:20
• Paul, in arraying the Pharisees and Sadducees against each other at his trial — Acts 23:6
• Paul, in circumcising Timothy — Acts 16:3
• Paul, in performing certain temple services to placate Jewish believers — Acts 21:20
• Corrupt practices in: The officers of Nebuchadnezzars court to secure the destruction of Daniel — Daniel 6:4

Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.