raoh sald unto Joseph, See, I have Set thee over all the land of ypt. And Pharaoh said unto Jeph, I am Pharaoh, and withwas thee shall no man lift up his Band or foot in all the land of Leypt. Yum. xxii, 15-17, 37. And Balak Peat yet again princes, more, and ere honourable than they. And they came to Baalam, and said to Lan, Thus saith Balak the son of Z por, Let nothing, I pray thee, Under thee from coming unto me; Far I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatver thou sayest unto me: come refore, I pray thee, curse me people. And Balak said unto laam, Did I not earnestly send So thee to call thee? wherefore est thou not unto me? am I table indeed to promote thee honour? Num, xxiv, 11. Therefore now Be thou to thy place: I thought promote thee unto great honbut, lo, the LORD hath kept the back from honour. Jock xxiv, 1. And Joshua gared all the tribes of Israel to chem, and called for the elders rael, and for their heads, and their judges, and for their rs; and they presented them elves before God. 1 Sam. iii, 37-39. For all the Eple, and all Israel, understood day, that it was not of the to slay Abner the son of Ner. at the king said unto his ser, Know ye not that there is price and a great man fallen day in Israel? And I am this ay weak, though anointed king: these men the sons of Zerulah too hard for me: the LORD shall ari the doer of evil according wickedness. 1 Kings 1, 11-13, 17, 18, 20, 1427, 32-35, 52. Wherefore dan spake unto Bath-sheba the ther of Solomon, saying, Fast not heard that Adonijah the a of Haggith doth reign, and rid our lord knoweth it not? w therefore come, let me, I y thee, give thee counsel, that mayest save thine own life, 1 the life of thy son Solomon and get thee in unto king Da4 and say unto him, Didst not , my lord, O king, swear unto ne bandmaid, saying, AssurSolomon thy son shall reign iy me, and he shall sit upon my e? why then doth Adonijah ? And she said unto him, ylord, thou swarest by the LORD By God unto thine handmaid, ig, Assuredly Solomon thy still reign after me, and he sit upon my throne: And , behold, Adonijah reigneth; now, my lord the king, thou wwest it not. And thou, my And 1 Chron. xxiii, 2. And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and Le vites. 1 Chron. xxviii, 1, 21. And David the princes of the tribes, and the assembled all the princes of Israel, captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, sands, and captains over the hunand the captains over the thoudreds, and the stewards over all the subetance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the vallant men, unto Jerusalem. And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel | all the land of Israel, and with 1 Kings ii, 12, 35. Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established greatly. And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 1 Kings iv, 24. For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsalı even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace ou all sides round, about him. 2 Kings xxiil, 1. And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 1 Chron. xiii, 1-3. And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in of God; and there shall be with thee, for all manner of workman ship, every willing skilful man, for any manner of service; also the Princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. 1 Chron. xxix, 25. And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 2 Chron. i, 1, 2. And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 2 Chron. ix, 26. And ho reigned over all the kings; from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt, 2 Chron. xxxiv, 29. Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. Ezra x, 7, 8. And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem, unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. Esther 1, 1, 2. Now it came to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces.) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace. Esther ill, 1, 10, 11. After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. Esther vl, 4-6. And the king said, Who is in the court? (Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecal on the gallows that he had prepared for him.) And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? (Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?) Esther vill, 1-3, 5-8. On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, unto Esther the queen: and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was unto her. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it Mordecai. unto And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. Eccles. ii, 9. So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Jer. xxxviil, 4, 5. Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death....Then Zedekiah, the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. made Daniel a great man, and Dan. 11, 48, 49. Then the king made him ruler over the whole gave him many great gifts, and province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedvince of Babylon: but Daniel sat nego, over the affairs of the proin the gate of the king. Dan. v, 18, 19. O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: And, for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down. And Ps. lxxv, 6. For pro cometh neither from the ea from the west, nor from the the wicked of the land, that Ps. ci, 8. I will early dest cut off all wicked doers in city of the LORD. Ps. cv, 20-22. The king s loosed him; even the ruler people, and let him go fre made him lord of his hou ruler of all his substano bind his princes at his p and teachhis senators wisd Prov. xiv, 35. The king's is toward a wise servant:! wrath is against him that shame. Darius to set over the kingdom an Daniel vi, 1-3, 15. It pleased Ps. cxviii, 8, 9. It is be should be over the whole king-fidence in man: It is be hundred and twenty princes, which trust in the LORD than to p dom; over these three trust in the LORD than to p presidents, of whom Daniel was fidence in princes. first; that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the an excellent spirit was in him; and presidents and princes, because the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Then these men unto the king, Know, O king, that assembled unto the king, and said the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. r Dan. xi, 3, 5, 16. And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.' And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. Prov. xvl, 14,15. The wra king is as messengers of but a wise man will pacity is life; and hi favour is as the light of the king's cou! of the latter rain. Prov. xix, 6. Many will the favour of the prince; at man is a friend to him that gifts. Prov. xxv, 2. It is the God to conceal a thing: honour of kings is to searc matter. Eccles. vili, 4. Where the of a king is, there is powe who may say mulo him, doest thou? Eccles. x, 5-7. There is which I have seen under 11 as an error tohich pro from the ruler, Folly is set i diguity, and the rich sil 2 Kings xxiv, 9. And he did that JEHOIAKIM. 2 Kings xxili, 37. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. MANASSEH. 2 Kings xxi, 2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. JEROBOAM. 2 Kings xiv, 24. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. ΡΕΚΛΗΙΔΗ. which was evil in the sight of the 2 Kings xv, 24. And he did that LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. PEKAH. 2 Kings xv, 28. And he did that kingdom, he, and his children the midst of Israel. 2 Chron. xxxiil, 23. And bu bled not himself before the Lo as Manasseh his father bad to bled himself; but Amon trespass more and more. 2 Chron. xxxvi, 12. And be that which was evil in the sigh the LORD his God, and bumb not himself before Jeremiah prophet, speaking from the m of the LORD. Isa. x, 8. For he saith, Arri my princes altogether kings Isa. xxviii, 14. Wherefore the word of the LORD, ye scan men, that rule this people w is in Jerusalem. FLATTERY AND FALSEHOR becometh not a fool; much i Prov. xvii, 7. Excellent p lying lips a prince. Prov. xxix, 12. If a ruler he en to lies, all his servants wicked. which was evil in the sight of the which was evil in the sight of the prosper in his hand; and b LORD, according to all that his father had done. ZEDEKIAH. Jer. xxxvii, 1, 2. And king Zedekiah the son of Josial reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. MENAHEM. 2 Kings xv, 18. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. JEHORAM. 2 Kings iii, 2, 3. And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 2 Kings viii, 18. And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Alab; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. HOSHEA. 2 Kings xvii, 2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, LORD: he departed not from the who made Israel to sin. KINGLY VICES. LUXURY. Prov. xxxi, 4, 5. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink; Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Hosea vii, 5. In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine: he stretched out his hand with scorn ers. Zeph. 1, 8. And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. Luke vii, 25. But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in king's courts. Rev. xviii, 9. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning. PRIDE. Deut. xvii, 20. That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand or to the left; to the end that he may prolong his days in his policy also he shall cause Dan. viii, 25. And throug magnify himself in his bear by peace shall destroy ma shall also stand up aga Prince of princes, but he sa broken without hand. Dan. xi, 21, 27. And in hist shall stand up a vile per« whom they shall not giv honour of the kingdom: shall come in peaceably, tain the kingdom by da And both these kings' hear be to do mischief, and they speak lies at one table; but not prosper: for yet the end be at the time appointed. Hos. vii, 3. They make the glad with their wickedn the princes with their lies. AVAKICE. Isa. 1, 23. Thy prices rebellious, and compa thieves: every one love and followeth after reward Hos. iv, 18. Their drink > they have committed wa continually: her rulers t do love. Give ye. Amos ill, 9, 10. Publish 4 palaces at Ashdod, and palaces in the land of E say, Assemble yourselves the mountains of Same behold the great tumute e midst thereof, and the in the midst thereof. know not to do right, LORD, who store up violen robbery in their palaces. Micah vii, 3. That they evil with both hands the prince asketh, and the asketh for a reward; and the man, he uttereth his mischievous laire: So they wrap it up. TYRANNY. 1 Kings xii, 12-14. So Jeroboam all the people came to Reliom the third day, as the king appointed, saying, Come to again the third day. And the answered the people roughly, dforsook the old men's counsel them; and they break their bones, Zeph. ii, 3. Her princes within IDOLATRY. Isa. ix, 16. For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. Isa. xix, 11, 13. Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient 1 Kings xxii, 53. For he [Ahaz-kings? The princes of Zoan are they gave him; And spake to v, 10, 11. The princes of were like them that rethe bound: therefore I will my wrath upon them iter. Ephraim is oppressed ken in judgment, because vilingly walked after the Sediment. lil, 1-3. And I said, Hear, You, O heads of Jacob, and fices of the house of Israel; pot for you to know judg Who hate the good and the evil, who pluck off skin from off them, and sh from of their bones; o eat the flesh of my peoi flay their skin from off And he Manasseh did. And he walked in all the ways that his father walked 2 Chron. xxviii, 2. For he [Ahaz] are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. Dan. xi, 36. And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. SEVERE THREATENING 2 Kings iii, 14. And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 1 Sam. xii, 25. But if ye shall of Israel, and made also molten still do wickedly, ye shall be conimages for Baalim. 2 Chron. xxxiii, 2, 22. But [Man-sumed, both ye and your king. assel] did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out be fore the children of Israel. But he [Amon] did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them. 2 Kings xxl, 9. But they hear kened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. 2 Chron. xxxiii, 9. So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. Ps. xii, 8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. Prov. xxviii, 15, 16, 23. As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. Eccles. iv, 13, 14. Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. Ps. lxxvi, 12. He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. Ps. cxlix,6-9. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. Isa. x, 1-4. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Isa. xxiv, 21, 22. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and |