Church and State

• ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
• Appoints kings1Sa 10:1
• Directs administration1Sa 15:1–4
• Reproves rulers1Sa 15:14–35
• Withdraws support and anoints a successor1Sa 16:1–132Ki 9:1–262Ki 11:4–12
• Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved1Sa 13:8–142Ch 26:16–21
• STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION
• David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services1Ch 231Ch 241Ch 252Ch 35:4
• Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office1Ki 2:261Ki 2:27
• Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc1Ki 5:8
• Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service2Ch 31:2–19
• Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion1Ki 12:26–33
• Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion2Ch 33:2–92Ch 33:15–17
• Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple2Ki 12:4–18
• Ahaz, in transforming the altars2Ki 16:10–16
• Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple2Ch 34:29–33
• STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION
• Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem2Ch 36:222Ch 36:23Ezr 1:1–11
• Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the templeEzr 6:1–14
• Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxesEzr 7:24

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