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ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
- Appoints kings 1Sa 10:1
- Directs administration 1Sa 15:1-4
- Reproves rulers 1Sa 15:14-35
- Withdraws support and anoints a successor 1Sa 16:1-13; 2Ki 9:1-26; 11:4-12
- Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved1Sa 13:8-14; 2Ch 26:16-21
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STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION
- David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details ofreligious services1Ch 23; 24; 25; 2Ch 35:4
- Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office1Ki 2:26,27
- Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication,intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing thebenediction, etc1Ki 5:8
- Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service 2Ch 31:2-19
- Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion 1Ki 12:26-33
- Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion2Ch 33:2-9,15-17
- Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple 2Ki 12:4-18
- Ahaz, in transforming the altars 2Ki 16:10-16
- Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple2Ch 34:29-33
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STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION
- Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem2Ch 36:22,23; Ezr 1:1-11
- Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the templeEzr 6:1-14
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Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxesEzr 7:24
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See Government
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See Tax
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