Statecraft

How Nave’s arranged it

• Wisdom inProverbs 28:2
• School inDaniel 1:3–5
• Skilled in
• INSTANCES OF
• JosephGenesis 47:15–26
• Samuel1 Samuel 11:12–15
• Nathan1 Kings 1:11–14
• Jeroboam1 Kings 12:26–33
• Daniel
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• See Kings

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 47:15–26

   When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 47:15–261 voice

   “And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,....

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2. 1 Samuel 11:12–15

   Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:12–152 voices

   “15. For the Lord had said above to Samuel: They have not rejected you, but me, that I should not reign over them (1 Kings VIII, 7). But of Saul it was said a little before: Because they despised him, and did not bring him gifts (Ibid., X, 27). But he who was rejected, and he who was despised, after the enemies had been slain and victory obtained, heard the people crying out: Give us the men, and we will kill them.

   “And the people said unto Samuel,....

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3. 1 Kings 1:11–14

   Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 1:11–142 voices

   “Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,....

   “The son of Haggith - Compare the margin reference. This expression was well chosen to touch the pride of Bath-sheba. “Adonijah; not thy son, but the son of thy rival, Haggith.”

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4. 1 Kings 12:26–33

   Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 12:26–332 voices

   “And Jeroboam said in his heart, As he was musing about the state of his kingdom and the affairs of it: now shall the kingdom return to the house of David; such were his fears, unless some method could be taken to prevent it, particularly with respect to religion, which was what his thoughts were employed about.

   “Jeroboam’s fear was lest a reaction should set in, and a desire for reunion manifest itself. He was not a man content to remain quiet, trusting simply to the promise made him 1Ki 11:38. Hence, he gave way to the temptation of helping forward the plans of Providence by the crooked devices of a merely human policy. His measures, like all measures which involve a dereliction of principle, brought certain evils in their train, and drew down divine judgment on himself. But they fully secured the object at which he aimed.

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5. Proverbs 28:2

   A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 28:22 voices

   “For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof,....

   “Many are the princes - Nations, as nations, cannot be judged in a future world; therefore, God judges them here. And where the people are very wicked, and the constitution very bad, the succession of princes is frequent - they are generally taken off by an untimely death. Where the people know that the constitution is in their favor, they seldom disturb the prince, as they consider him the guardian of their privileges. But by a man of understanding - Whether he be a king, or the king’s prime minister, the prosperity of the state is advanced by his counsels.

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6. Daniel 1:3–5

   Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

   ›Commentary on Daniel 1:3–52 voices

   “Verse 3. "And the king said to Ashpenaz the overseer of his eunuchs, that he should out of the number of the children of Israel and, of the royal seed and (the seed of) the rulers bring in some young lads who were free from all blemish." Instead of Ashpenaz ("Asphanez") I found Abriesdri written in the Vulgate edition. For the word phorlhommin which Theodotion uses, the Septuagint and Aquila translated "the chosen ones," whereas Symmachus rendered "Parthians," understanding it as the name of a nation instead of a common noun.

   “And the king spake unto Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs,.... That is, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon spake to this officer of his, whose name was Ashpenaz; which, according to Saadiah, signifies a man of an angry countenance; but Hillerus (e) derives it from the Arabic word "schaphan", as designing one that excels in wit and understanding; for which reason he might have the command of the eunuchs, many of which the eastern princes had about them, particularly to wait upon their women, or to educate youth, as the Turks have now; though, as R.

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