Usurpation

OF POLITICAL FUNCTIONS

• By Absalom 2Sa 15:1-12
• By Adonijah 1Ki 1:5-9
• By Baasha 1Ki 15:27,28
• By Zimri 1Ki 16:9,10
• By Jehu 2Ki 9:11-37
• By Athaliah 2Ki 11:1-16
• By Shallum 2Ki 15:10

IN RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

• By King Saul, in assuming priestly functions 1Sa 13:8-14
• By King Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the priesthood 1Ki 2:26,27
• By King Uzziah, in assuming priestly offices 2Ch 26:16-21

• By King Ahaz 2Ki 16:12,13

  • See Church and state, state superior to the church

  • See Government, ecclesiastical

OF EXECUTIVE POWER

• In ordering Naboth's death and confiscation of his vineyard 1Ki 21:7-19
• In the plan of Joseph to dispossess the Egyptians of their real and personal propertyGe 47:13-26
• Of Pharaoh, making bondservants of the Israelites Ex 1:9-22
• Moses accused of Nu 16:3