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PERSECUTION

PERSECUTION

• General references
  1Chronicles 16:11; Job 17:9; Psalm 37:24, 28; 73:24; 138:8; Proverbs 4:18; Jeremiah 32:40; Hosea 12:6; Matthew 10:22; 24:13; Mark 4:3-8; 13:13; Luke 10:42; John 6:37, 22:31, 32; 39, 40; 8:31, 32; 10:28, 29; 15:4, 5, 7, 9; Acts 11:23; 13:43; 14:21, 22; Romans 2:6, 7; 8:30, 33-35, 37-39; 11:29; 15:1, 1Corinthians 1:8, 9; 2, 58; 16:13; 2Corinthians 1:21, 22; 5:9, 15; Galatians 5:1, 10; 6:9; Ephesians 4:14; 6:13, 18; Philippians 1:6, 27; 3:16; Colossians 1:10, 4:1; 22, 23; 2:7; 1Thessalonians 3:8, 13; 5:21; 2Thessalonians 2:15-17; 3:13; 2:1, 2Timothy 1:12, 13; 3, 12; 3:14; 4:18; Titus 1:9; 3:5, Hebrews 2:1; 6, 14; 6:1, 11, 12, 15, 4:14; 17, 18; 10:23, 35, 36; 12:1-15; James 1:4, 13:9, 13; 12, 25; 5:10, 11; 1Peter 1:4-7; 5:8; 2Peter 1:10, 11; 3:17, 18; 1John 2:19, 27; Revelation 2:7, 10, 11, 3:5, 11, 17, 25-28; 12, 21; 14:12; 16:15; 21:7, 8; 22:11

• See CHARACTER,  INSTABILITY,  STABILITY

• Instances of:

  • Jacob, in prayer
    Genesis 32:24-26

  • Caleb and Joshua, in representing the land of promise
    Numbers 14:24, 38

• An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one-hundred and twenty-seven provinces
  Esther 1:1; Daniel 6:1

• Government of, restricted by constitutional limitations
  Esther 8:8; Daniel 6:8-12

• Municipal governments in, provided with dual governors
  Nehemiah 3:9, 12, 16-18

• The princes were advisors in matters of administration
  Daniel 6:1-7

• Status of women in:

  • Queen sat on the throne with the king
    Nehemiah 2:6

  • Vashti was divorced for refusing to appear before the king's courtiers
    Esther 1:10-22; 2:4

• Israel captive in
  2Chronicles 36:20

• Captivity foretold
  Hosea 13:16

• Men of, in the Tyrian army
  Ezekiel 27:10

• Rulers of:

  • Ahasuerus
    Esther 1:3

  • Darius
    Daniel 5:31; 6; 9:1

  • Artaxerxes I
    Ezra 4:7-24

  • Artaxerxes II
    Ezra 7; Nehemiah 2; 5:14

  • Cyrus
    2Chronicles 36:22, 23; Ezra 1; 3:7; 5:13, 4:3; 14, 17; 6:3; Isaiah 41:2, 3; 44:28; 45:1-4, 13; 46:11; 48:14, 15

  • Princes of
    Esther 1:14

• System of justice
  Ezra 7:25

• Prophecies concerning
  Isaiah 13:17; 21:1-10; Jeremiah 49:34-39; 51:11-64; Ezekiel 32:24, 25; 38:5; Daniel 2:31-45; 5:28; 7; 8; 11:1-4

• See BABYLON,   CHALDEA

• A Christian woman in Rome
  Romans 16:12

• See CALL, PERSONAL ,  MINISTERS, CALL OF

• Of wisdom
  Proverbs 1; 2:1-9; 8; 9

• See PANTOMIME

• One of the servants of Solomon.

• Descendants of, return to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon
  Ezra 2:55

• Called PERIDA
  Nehemiah 7:57

• Sent as a judgment
  Leviticus 26:16, 25

• Sent upon the Egyptians

  • See EGYPT ,  PLAGUES

• PETER is listed on a separate page

• A priest during the reign of David
  1Chronicles 24:16

• A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife:

  • General references
    Ezra 10:23

  • Probably identical with the one mentioned in Nehemiah 9:5
    Nehemiah 9:5

• A counselor of Artaxerxes
  Nehemiah 11:24

• A city in Mesopotamia. Home of the prophet Balaam.
  Numbers 22:5; Deuteronomy 23:4

• Father of the prophet Joel
  Joel 1:1

• Right of, recognized by:

  • Pharaoh
    Exodus 5:15-18

  • Israel
    Numbers 27:1-5; 32:1-5; Joshua 17:4, 36:1-5; 14, 16; 21:1, 2

  • David
    1Kings 1:15-21

  • Rehoboam
    1Kings 12:1-17; 2Chronicles 10

  • Jehoram
    2Kings 8:3, 6

• Figurative
  Job 29:6

• A porter of the tabernacle
  1Chronicles 26:5

• Also called PALLU. Son of Reuben
  Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5, 8; 1Chronicles 5:3

• Also called PHALTIE, son-in-law of Saul
  1Samuel 25:44; 2Samuel 3:15, 16

• See PHALTI

PHARAOH is listed on a separate page.

• See PHAREZ

• Also called PEREZ and PHARES.

• A twin son of Judah by Tamar
  Genesis 38:29; 1Chronicles 2:4

• Children of
  Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:20, 21; 1Chronicles 2:5; 9:4

• Return from the captivity
  Nehemiah 11:4, 6

• In the lineage of Jesus
  Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33

• A sect of the Jews
  Acts 15:5

• Doctrines of:

  • General references
    Matthew 15:9

  • Concerning the resurrection
    Acts 23:6, 8

  • Association with publicans and sinners
    Matthew 9:11-13

• Traditions of:

  • Fasting
    Matthew 9:14; Luke 18:12

  • The washing of hands
    Matthew 15:1-3; Mark 7:1-15

  • The duties of children to parents
    Matthew 15:4-9

  • The Sabbath
    Matthew 12:2-8

• Hypocrisy of:

  • Reproved by John
    Matthew 3:7-10

  • Reproved by Jesus
    Matthew 6:2-8, 16-18; 15:1-9; 16:1-12; 21:33-46; 23:2-33; Luke 11:14-54; 12:1; 15:1-9

• Reject John
  Luke 7:30

• Reject Christ
  Matthew 12:38, 39; 15:12; John 7:48

• Come to Jesus with questions
  Matthew 19:3; 22:15-22

• Minister to Jesus
  Luke 7:36; 11:37; 14:1

• Become disciples of Jesus
  John 3:1; Acts 15:5; 22:3

• Paul, a Pharisee
  Acts 23:6; 26:5

• See HERODIANS,  SADDUCEES

• Also called PAROSH, the ancestor of one of the families which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity in Babylon
  Ezra 2:3; 8:3; 10:25; Nehemiah 7:8; 10:14

• A river of Damascus, referred to by Naaman
  2Kings 5:12

• Also called PHASEAH, ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity
  Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 3:6; 7:51

• A servant of the church at Cenchrea
  Romans 16:1

• A harbor of Crete
  Acts 27:12, 13, 21

• Also called PHENICE.

• Inhabitants of, descended from Canaan
  Genesis 10:15, 18, 19

• Called ZIDONIANS
  Judges 18:7; Ezekiel 32:30

• Jews from, hear Jesus
  Mark 3:8

• Paul visits the congregations in
  Acts 15:3; 21:2-4; 27:3

• Chief captain of the Philistines
  Genesis 21:22, 32; 26:26

• A city of Lydia. One of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation
  Revelation 1:11; 3:7-13

• General references
  Isaiah 58:6-12

• See ALMS ,  BENEFICENCE,  CHARITABLENESS,  LIBERALITY,   NEIGHBOR,  POOR

• A Christian man in Colossae. Paul's letter to
  Philemon 1:25

• An heretical teacher at Rome
  2Timothy 2:17, 18

• The brother of Herod Antipas and the husband of Herodias
  Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19

• Tetrarch of Iturea
  Luke 3:1

• One of the seven deacons (servants):

  • General references
    Acts 6:5

  • Successfully preaches in Samaria
    Acts 8:4-14

  • Expounds the Scriptures to the Ethiopian eunuch whom he immerses
    Acts 8:27-38

  • Caught away by the Spirit to Azotus, preaches in the cities, and goes to Caesarea
    Acts 8:39, 40

  • Lives at Caesarea, and entertains Paul
    Acts 21:8

  • Has four daughters prophetesses
    Acts 21:9, 10

• One of the twelve apostles:

  • General references
    Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13

  • Call of
    John 1:43

  • Brings Nathanael to Jesus
    John 1:45-50

  • Assists in caring for the multitude whom Jesus miraculously feeds
    John 6:5-7

  • Brings certain Greeks to Jesus who desire to see him
    John 12:20-22

  • Asks Jesus to show the Father
    John 14:8-13

• A city of Macedonia.

• Apostle Paul preaches in
  Acts 16:12-40; 20:1-6; 1Thessalonians 2:2

• Contributes to the maintenance of Paul
  Philippians 4:10-18

• Paul sends Epaphroditus to
  Philippians 2:25

• Paul writes a letter to the Christians of
  Philippians 1:1

• The sea coast in the west of the territories of the tribes of Dan and Simeon
  Psalm 60:8; 87:4; 108:9

• Descendants of Mizraim
  Genesis 10:14; 1Chronicles 1:12; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7

• Called:

  • Cherethites
    1Samuel 30:14-16; Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:5

  • Casluhim
    Genesis 10:14; 1Chronicles 1:12

  • Caphtorim
    Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7

• Territory of
  Exodus 13:17; 23:31; Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 13:3; 15:47

• Lords of
  Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 16:5, 30; 1Samuel 5:8, 11; 6:4, 12; 7:7; 29:2, 6, 7

• Kings of:

  • Abimelech I
    Genesis 20

  • Abimelech II
    Genesis 26

  • Achish
    1Samuel 21:10-15; 27:2-12; 28:1, 2; 29

• Allowed to remain in Canaan
  Judges 3:3, 4

• Shamgar kills six-hundred men with an ox goad
  Judges 3:31

• For their history during the leadership of Samson see
  Judges 13; 14; 15; 16

• Defeat the Israelites; take the ark of the covenant; suffer plagues, and return the ark
  1Samuel 4:6

• Army of
  1Samuel 13:5

• Defeated bySamuel
  1Samuel 7

• Defeated by Saul and Jonathan
  1Samuel 9:16; 13; 14

• Their champion, Goliath, killed by David
  1Samuel 17

• David kills two-hundred men
  1Samuel 18:22-30

• David finds refuge among
  1Samuel 27

• Defeat the Israelites and kill Saul and his sons
  1Samuel 31; 1Chronicles 10:1

• Defeated by David
  2Samuel 5:17-25; 23:9-16; 1Chronicles 14:8-16

• Pay tribute to Jehoshaphat
  2Chronicles 17:11

• Defeated by Hezekiah
  2Kings 18:8

• Prophecies against
  Isaiah 9:11, 12; 14:29-31; Jeremiah 25:17-20; 47; Ezekiel 25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8; Zephaniah 2:4-7; Zechariah 9:5-7

• A disciple in Rome
  Romans 16:15

• The nature of things
  Ecclesiastes 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7

• A philosophical discussion about wisdom
  Job 28

• Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and His providence
  Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37

• Reveals the mysteries of providence
  Proverbs 25:2; Romans 1:19, 20

• Is not sufficient for:

  • An adequate knowledge of God
    1Corinthians 1:21, 22

  • Salvation through the atonement of Jesus Christ
    1Corinthians 2:6-10

• Employment of, was not Paul's method of preaching the gospel
  1Corinthians 1:17, 19, 21; 2:1-5, 13

• Greek schools of
  Acts 17:18

• Rabbinical
  Colossians 2:8, 16-19; 1Timothy 6:20

• See REASON,  GOD, MISCELLANEOUS SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

• High priest
  Exodus 6:25; 1Chronicles 6:4, 50

• Religious zeal of, in killing the Israelitish woman who had committed abomination
  Numbers 25:7-15; Psalm 106:30

• Chief of the Korahite Levites
  1Chronicles 9:19, 20

• Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the Midianites
  Numbers 31:6

• Sent, with other princes of the Israelites west of the Jordan River to inquire of the Israelites on the east of the Jordan River what the monument they had erected signified
  Joshua 22:13-32

• Inheritance allotted to
  Joshua 24:33

• Mediator in behalf of the people
  Judges 20:28

• A disciple in Rome
  Romans 16:14

• An inland province of Asia Minor.

• People from, in Jerusalem
  Acts 2:10

• Paul in
  Acts 16:6; 18:23

• A servant of Gideon
  Judges 7:10, 11

• Also called PUT.

• Son of Ham
  Genesis 10:6; 1Chronicles 1:8

• The descendants of Phut, or the country inhabited by them
  Ezekiel 27:10; Nahum 3:9; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:5; 38:5

• Also called PUA and PUAH.

• Son of Issachar
  Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1Chronicles 7:1

• Descendants of
  Numbers 26:23

• A Christian in Asia Minor, turns away from Paul
  2Timothy 1:15

• A small box containing slips of parchment on which there were written portions of the law
  Exodus 13:9, 16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18

• Worn ostentatiously by the Jews upon the head and left arm
  Matthew 23:5

• General references
  2Chronicles 16:12; Matthew 9:12; Mark 5:26; Luke 8:43

• Proverbs about
  Mark 2:17; Luke 4:23

• Luke, a physician
  Colossians 4:14

• Figurative
  Job 13:4; Jeremiah 8:22; Luke 5:31

• Character revealed in
  Isaiah 3:9

• See FACE

• General references
  Job 10:11; Psalm 139:14-16; Proverbs 14:30

• See ANATOMY ,   HYGIENE

• Figurative
  Ephesians 4:16; Colossians 2:19

• A city in lower Egypt, prophesied against by Ezekiel.
  Ezekiel 30:17

• General references
  Leviticus 26:1; Numbers 33:52; Proverbs 25:11; Isaiah 2:16

• See SILVER

• See RELIGION

• Used as sacrifice
  Genesis 15:9; Leviticus 1:14; 5:7; 12:8; 14:22; Luke 2:24

• See DOVE

• The place on the west shore of the Red Sea where Pharaoh overtook the Israelites
  Exodus 14:2, 9; Numbers 33:7, 8

• Roman governor of Judaea during the time of Jesus' ministry
  Matthew 27:2; Luke 3:1

• Causes the slaughter of certain Galileans
  Luke 13:1

• Tries Jesus and orders his crucifixion
  Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 18:28-40; 19; Acts 3:13; 4:27; 13:28; 1Timothy 6:13

• Allows Joseph of Arimathaea to take Jesus' body
  Matthew 27:57, 58; Mark 15:43-45; Luke 23:52; John 19:38

• Son of Nahor
  Genesis 22:22

• One of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
  Nehemiah 10:24

• Of Solomon's temple
  1Kings 7:13-22; 2Kings 25:17

• Broken and carried to Babylon
  Jeremiah 52:17, 2Kings 25:13; 20, 21

• Of Solomon's palaces
  1Kings 7:6

• Used to mark roads
  Jeremiah 31:21

• Pillar of salt, Lot's wife turned to
  Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32

• Monuments erected to commemorate events:

  • By Jacob, his vision of angels
    Genesis 28:18 with Genesis 31:13; Genesis 35:14

  • By Jacob, his covenant with Laban
    Genesis 31:45

  • By Moses, the covenant between Jehovah and Israel
    Exodus 24:4

  • By Joshua, the crossing of the Jordan River
    Joshua 4:1-9; with Deuteronomy 27:2-6; Joshua 8:30

  • By Joshua, at Shechem
    Joshua 24:25-27; with Judges 9:6

  • By Samuel, the defeat of the Philistines
    1Samuel 7:12

  • By Absalom, to keep his name alive
    2Samuel 18:18

• Other purposes of:

  • As a boundary
    Joshua 15:6 with Joshua 18:17

  • As a road sign
    1Samuel 20:19

  • As a landmark
    2Samuel 20:8; 1Kings 1:9

• Prophecy of one in Egypt
  Isaiah 19:19

• Monuments of idolatry, to be destroyed
  Deuteronomy 12:3

  • See CLOUD, PILLAR OF

• Figurative
  Revelation 3:12

• A cushion
  1Samuel 26:7, Genesis 28:11, 18; 11, 16

• A support for the head:

  • Stones used for
    Genesis 28:11, 18

  • Called BOLSTER
    1Samuel 26:7, 11, 12, 16

  • Made of goats' hair
    1Samuel 19:13, 16

  • Jesus sleeps upon
    Mark 4:38

• Figurative, of false teachers
  Ezekiel 13:18, 20

• General references
  Ezekiel 27:8, 27-29

• A priest who returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon
  Nehemiah 12:17

• See NAIL

• A tree
  Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; 60:13

• Of temple
  Matthew 4:5

• A leader of Edom
  Genesis 36:41; 1Chronicles 1:52

• A wind instrument of music.

• Used in religious services
  1Samuel 10:5; Isaiah 30:29

• See MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS OF

• A king of the Amorites, overcome and killed by Joshua
  Joshua 10:3, 16-18, 24-27

• A place in the land of Ephraim
  Judges 12:15

• Men of
  Judges 12:13; 2Samuel 23:30; 1Chronicles 11:31; 27:14

• See PIRATHON

• A ridge or mountain east of the Jordan River, opposite to Jericho.

• The Israelites come to
  Numbers 21:20

• A boundary of the country assigned to the Reubenites and Gadites
  Deuteronomy 3:17; 4:49; Joshua 12:3

• Balaam prophesies on
  Numbers 23:14-24

• Moses views Palestine from
  Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1-4

• A province in Asia Minor Paul visits
  Acts 13:14; 14:24

• One of the rivers of Eden
  Genesis 2:11

• An Asherite
  1Chronicles 7:38

• Benaiah kills a lion in
  2Samuel 23:20

• Figurative:

  • General references
    Psalm 7:15, 16; 40:2; 57:6; 69:15; 119:85; Proverbs 23:27; 26:27; 28:10; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Jeremiah 48:44

  • Of the bottomless pit
    Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3

• An opaque mineral used as a plaster and cement
  Isaiah 34:9

• Used by Noah, in the ark ship
  Genesis 6:14

• In making the basket in which Moses was hidden
  Exodus 2:3

• See BITUMEN

• Earthen
  Lamentations 4:2

• Used by Gideon in his battle with the Midianites
  Judges 7:10-20

• A treasure city in lower Egypt
  Exodus 1:11

• Son of Micah
  1Chronicles 8:35; 9:41

• Of God
  Isaiah 63:9; James 5:11

• Of Jesus

  • General references
    Mark 6:34

  • See JESUS, COMPASSION OF

• Not to be shown to offenders
  Deuteronomy 7:16; 13:8; 19:13, 21; 25:11, 12

  • See MERCY

• Instances of. The master of the unforgiving servant
  Matthew 18:27

• As a judgment on the Egyptians:

  • General references
    Psalm 105; 135:8, 9; Acts 7:36

  • The plague of blood
    Exodus 7:14-25

  • The plague of frogs
    Exodus 8:1-15

  • The plague of lice
    Exodus 8:16-19

  • The plague of flies
    Exodus 8:20

  • The plague on cattle
    Exodus 9:1-7

  • The plague of boils and open sores
    Exodus 9:8-12

  • The plague of hail
    Exodus 9:18-34

  • The plague of locusts
    Exodus 10:1-20

  • The plague of darkness
    Exodus 10:21-23

  • The plague of death of the firstborn
    Exodus 11:4-7, 12:17, 29-30

• As a judgment on the Israelites:

  • On account of idolatry
    Exodus 32:35

  • After eating the quail meat
    Numbers 11:33

  • After refusing to enter the promised land
    Numbers 14:37

  • After complaining about the destruction of Korah and his family
    Numbers 16:41-50

  • The plague of serpents
    Numbers 21:6

  • For the sin of Peor
    Joshua 22:17

  • On account of David's sin
    2Samuel 24:10-25

• As a judgment on the Philistines
  1Samuel 6:4, 5

• Denounced as a judgment
  Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 28:59

• Foretold
  Revelation 11:6; 15:1, 6-8; 16; 22:18, 19

• See JUDGMENTS,   PESTILENCE

• See JESUS, MISSION OF,   REDEMPTION,   SALVATION

• A tool
  Isaiah 44:13

• See ASTRONOMY,  STARS

• See BOTANY

• General references
  Leviticus 14:42, 43, 48; Deuteronomy 27:2; Daniel 5:5

• General references
  Deuteronomy 17:8

• Of the guilty
  Joshua 7:19-21

• Jesus declined to plead
  Matthew 26:62; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3; John 18:33, 34

• Prisoners required to plead
  Acts 7:1

• See DEFENSE

• Worldly
  Job 20:12-16; 21:12, 13; Proverbs 9:17; 15:21; 21:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:1-13; Isaiah 5:11, 12; 22:12, 13; 47:8, 9; Amos 6:1; Luke 8:14; Romans 1:32; 2Thessalonians 2:12; 1Timothy 5:6; 2Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 11:25, 26; 2Peter 2:13

• See HAPPINESS,   JOY,   WORLDLINESS

• General references
  Genesis 38:17-20

• A creditor must not enter the house of a debtor to take
  Deuteronomy 24:10-13

• See PAWN,  SURETY

• General references
  Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8

• Shares of, sharpened by the smiths of the Philistines
  1Samuel 13:20

• Used by Elisha with twelve yoke pairs of oxen
  1Kings 19:19

• By Job's servants
  Job 1:14

• Figurative of afflictions
  Psalm 129:3

• General references
  Isaiah 2:4; Joel 3:10; Micah 4:3

• General references
  Amos 7:7, 8; Zechariah 4:10

• Figurative
  Isaiah 28:17

• The ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity in Babylon
  Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59

• Greek
  Acts 17:28; Titus 1:12

• See POETRY,  PSALMS,   SONGS

• Acrostic
  Psalm 25; 34; 37; 111; 112; 119; 145; Proverbs 31:10-31; Lamentations 1; 2; 3; 4; 5

• Didatic:

  • Moses' song
    Deuteronomy 32

  • See the Bible books of Job, Proverbs, Song of Solomon

  • See PSALMS, DIDACTIC

• Elegy:

  • Upon the death of Saul
    2Samuel 1:19-27

  • Upon the death of Abner
    2Samuel 3:33, 34

  • See ELEGY

• Epic:

  • Moses' song
    Exodus 15:1-19

  • Miriam's song
    Exodus 15:21

  • Song of Deborah
    Judges 5

• Lyrics, sacred:

  • Moses' and Miriam's songs
    Exodus 15

  • Hannah's song
    1Samuel 2:1-10

  • The song of Elizabeth
    Luke 1:42-45

  • The song of Mary
    Luke 1:46-55

  • The song of Zacharias
    Luke 1:68-79

  • The Psalms
    Psalm 1-150

• See DIPLOMACY

• Statecraft.

• Corruption in:

  • General references
    Psalm 12:8

  • In the court of Ahasuerus
    Esther 3

  • In the court of Darius
    Daniel 6:4-15

  • Instances of:

    • Absalom, electioneering for the throne
      2Samuel 15:2-6

    • Pilate, condemning Jesus to gratify the clamoring people
      Matthew 27:23-27; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:13-25; John 18:38, 39; 19:4-13

• Ministers in:

  • Zadok the priest, a partisan of David
    2Samuel 15:24-29

  • Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of David's successor
    1Kings 1:11-40

• Women in:

  • The wise woman of Abel who saved the city through diplomacy
    2Samuel 20:16-22

  • Bathsheba, in securing the crown for Solomon
    1Kings 1:15-21

  • Herodias, in influencing the administration of Herod
    Matthew 14:3-11; Mark 6:17-28

  • Mother of Zebedee's children, in seeking favor for her sons
    Matthew 20:20-23

  • See INFLUENCE, POLITICAL ,   DIPLOMACY,  GOVERNMENT

• See TAX