USURPATION

→ OF POLITICAL FUNCTIONS

• By Absalom 2Sa 15:1-12

• By Adonijah 1Ki 1:5-9

• By Baasha 1Ki 15:27,28

• By Zimri 1Ki 16:9,10

• By Jehu 2Ki 9:11-37

• By Athaliah 2Ki 11:1-16

• By Shallum 2Ki 15:10

→ IN RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

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

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

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

• By King Ahaz 2Ki 16:12,13

• See CHURCH AND STATE, STATE SUPERIOR TO THE CHURCH

• See GOVERNMENT, ECCLESIASTICAL

→ OF EXECUTIVE POWER

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

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

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

• Moses accused of Nu 16:3