1. Of Political Functions

   By Absalom, 2 Samuel 15:1-12

   By Adonijah, 1 Kings 1:5-9

   By Baasha, 1 Kings 15:27, 28

   By Zimri, 1 Kings 16:9, 10

   By Jehu, 2 Kings 9:11-37

   By Athaliah, 2 Kings 11:1-16

   By Shallum, 2 Kings 15:10

2. In Ecclesiastical Affairs

   By King Saul, in assuming priestly functions, 1 Samuel 13:8-14

   By King Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the priesthood, 1 Kings 2:26, 27

   By King Uzziah, in assuming priestly offices, 2 Chronicles 26:16-21

   By King Ahaz, 2 Kings 16:12, 13

   See Church And State, State Superior To The Church; Government, Ecclesiastical

3. Of Executive Power

   In ordering Naboth's death and confiscation of his vineyard, 1 Kings 21:7-19

   In the plan of Joseph to dispossess the Egyptians of their real and personal property, Genesis 47:13-26

   Of Pharaoh, making bondservants of the Israelites, Exodus 1:9-22

   Moses accused of, Numbers 16:3