Instances of: Potiphar, putting Joseph into prison, Gen. 39:20, with Gen. 40:15. Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites, Ex. 1-11. Adoni-bezek, torturing seventy kings, Judg. 1:7. Abimelech, slaying his seventy brothers, Judg. 9:1-5. Eli's sons, desecrating the sacrifices, 1 Sam. 2:12-17; debauching themselves and the worshipers, 1 Sam. 2:22. Samuel's sons, taking bribes, 1 Sam. 8:1-5. Saul, sparing Agag and the best of the booty, 1 Sam. 15:8-35; in jealousy plotting against David, 1 Sam. 18:8-29; seeking to slay David, 1 Sam. 19; slaying Ahimelech and the priests, 1 Sam. 22:7-19. Hanun, maltreating David's servants, 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:2-5. David, numbering Israel and Judah, 2 Sam. 24:1-9; 1 Chr. 21:1-7; 27:23,24. Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous, 1 Kin. 11:1-13; oppressing the people, 1 Kin. 12:4; 4:7-23. Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy, 1 Kin. 12:8-11; 2 Chr. 10:1-15. Jeroboam, perverting the true worship, 1 Kin. 12:26-33; 13:1-5; 14:16; exalting debased persons to the priesthood, 1 Kin. 12:31; 13:33; 2 Kin. 17:32; 2 Chr. 11:14,15; Ezek. 44:7, with Num. 3:10. Abijam, walking in the sins of Rehoboam, 1 Kin. 15:3. Nadab, walking in the ways of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 15:26. Baasha, walking in the ways of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 15:33,34. Asa, imprisoning the seer, and oppressing the people, 2 Chr. 16:10. Zimri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 16:19. Omri, walking in the ways of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 16:25-29. Ahab, serving Baal, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 21:21-26; confiscating Naboth's vineyard, 1 Kin. 21, with 1 Sam. 8:14; 1 Kin. 22:38; 2 Kin. 9:26. Jehoram, cleaving to the sins of Jeroboam, 2 Kin. 3:2,3. Hazael, committing rapine, 2 Kin. 8:12; 10:32; 12:17; 13:3-7. Jehoram, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel, 2 Kin. 8:18; 2 Chr. 21:13. Jehu, departing not from the sins of Jeroboam, 2 Kin. 10:29. Jehoahaz, in following the sins of Jeroboam, 2 Kin. 13:1,2. Jehoash, in following the wicked example of Jeroboam, 2 Kin. 13:10,11. Jeroboam II, not departing from the sins of Jeroboam, 2 Kin. 14:23,24. Zachariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah, following the sins of Jeroboam, 2 Kin. 15:9,18,24,28; conspiring against and slaying Pekahiah, 2 Kin. 15:25. Hoshea, who conspired against Pekah, 2 Kin. 15:30, in permitting Baal-worship, 2 Kin. 17:1,2,7-18. Ahaz, burning his children in idolatrous sacrifice, 2 Kin. 16:3; 2 Chr. 28:2-4. Manasseh, who committed the abominations of the heathen, 2 Kin. 21:1-17; 2 Chr. 33:2-7. Amon, who followed the evil example of Manasseh, 2 Kin. 21:19-22. Jehoahaz, who followed in the ways of his fathers, 2 Kin. 23:32. Jehoiakim, in walking in the ways of his fathers, 2 Kin. 23:37; and Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:9. Zedekiah, following the evil example of Jehoiakim, 2 Kin. 24:19; 2 Chr. 36:12,13; and persecuting Jeremiah, Jer. 38:5,6. Joash, slaying Zechariah, 2 Chr. 24:2,17-25. Ahaziah, doing evil after the house of Ahab, 2 Chr. 22:1-9. Amaziah, worshiping the gods of Seir, 2 Chr. 25:14. Uzziah, invading the priest's office, 2 Chr. 26:16. Ahasuerus and Haman, decreeing the death of the Jews, Esth. 3. Nebuchadnezzar, commanding to destroy the wise men, Dan. 2:1-13; and committing the three Hebrews to the furnace, Dan. 3:1-23. Belshazzar, in drunkenness and committing sacrilege, Dan. 5:22,23. Darius, in deifying himself, Dan. 6:7,9. The princes, conspiring against Daniel, Dan. 6:1-9. Herod the Great, slaying the children in Bethlehem, Matt. 2:16-18. Herod Antipas, in beheading John the Baptist, Matt. 14:1-11; in craftiness and tyranny, Luke 13:31,32; 23:6-15. Herod Agrippa, persecuting the church, Acts 12:1-19. Pilate, delivering Jesus for crucifixion, Matt. 27:11-26; Mark 15:15. Chief priests, elders, and all the council, seeking false witness against Jesus, Matt. 26:59. Ananias, commanding to strike Paul, Acts 23:2. See Government; Judges; Kings.