Yet with the death of the son of Saul, the elders of Israel come to Hebron and David, who is 30 years old, is anointed King over Israel and Judah.

Likewise, Jeremiah buys a clay jar and smashes it in the Valley of Ben Hinnom in front of elders and priests to illustrate that God will smash the nation of Judah and the city of Judah beyond repair.

For example, Jeremiah buys a clay jar and smashes it in the Valley of Ben Hinnom in front of elders and priests to illustrate that the Lord will smash the nation of Judah and the city of Judah beyond repair.

The phrase appears in the New Testament Book of Revelation 5: 5 ; " And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

In the New Testament Epistle of James, the faithful are told that to be healed, those who are sick should call upon the elders of the church to pray over and anoint with oil in the name of the Lord.

The sick person expresses his or her faith by calling for the elders of the church who pray over and anoint the sick with olive oil.

It is there that the elders of Israel come to him to make a covenant before Elohim and anoint him king of Israel.

Congregations will pray for the healing of sick people and church elders will lay hands on and anoint the person being prayed over.

* Example: ( James 5: 13-16 ) The sick were instructed to call for the elders of the church to anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord and to pray the prayer of faith on their behalf.

According to David Whitmer, by April 1830, this informal " Church of Christ " had about six elders and 70 members.

On 18 May 1843, 121 ministers and 73 elders led by Dr David Welsh, the retiring Moderator, left the Church of Scotland General Assembly at the Church of St. Andrew in George Street, Edinburgh, to form the Free Church of Scotland.

Each tribe had a council of elders, and initially a king.

Balak, king of Moab ( Numbers 22: 2 ), consequently becomes alarmed, and sends elders of Midian and his messengers ( Numbers 22: 4-5 ), to Balaam, son of Beor, to induce him to come and curse Israel.

:"... with regard to the elders of the city whom ( the king ) has ** summoned to ( pay ) tithe ..."

Without raising the siege, Jonathan, accompanied by the elders and priests, went to the king and pacified him with presents, so that the king not only confirmed him in his office of high priest, but gave to him the three Samaritan toparchies of Mount Ephraim, Lod, and Ramathaim-Zophim.

These include Latin nāvis " ship " and Greek thesis " placement "; Latin senātus " council of elders " or " senate " and Greek basileus " king ".

The ancient Korean kingdom of Silla elected its first king by a conference of tribal and village elders in 57 BC ; later, the monarchy of Silla became hereditary in nature.

Obedience is regarded as a virtue in many traditional cultures ; historically, children have been expected to be obedient to their elders, slaves to their owners, serfs to their lords in feudal society, lords to their king, and everyone to God.

# Anciently, the king, monarch, sovereign ; also referring to elders in human relationships.

The elders send Dahfu to find a lion, which is supposedly the reincarnation of the late king, Dahfu's father.

Historically the council of elders is more influential based on the Anlo belief that the power of the king is vested in the people.

His father-in-law became angry and stated, " You are leading a rebellion and falsely claiming the title of a king, but you are arrogant toward your elders: You surely cannot last.

However, since British colonial governments preferred to deal with a single leader rather than numerous village elders, Sasoonan emerged as the Delaware " king.

A light wooden instrument, it was used to pass messages to the people of the village, probably for the invitation of the people for a particular meeting of the elders at the king ’ s palace or for the people to gather at the market square for a message from or by the king. it is now used as an instrument to indicate the death of someone.

While Kanva and the other elders of the hermitage are away on a pilgrimage, Dushyanta, king of Hastinapura, comes hunting in the forest and chances upon the hermitage.

Protected by four elders, Momonoi to the north, Sakurada to the east, Tachibana to the west, Hagiwara to the south.

To a small handful of surviving elders in the South Baffin Region that are old enough to still have knowledge of these beliefs, Inuit that are settled in Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord are these shape shifters or shadow people, because they went too far north.

They excavated over 30 Moai, visited the tribal elders in their leper colony north of Hanga Roa and recorded various legends and oral histories including that of Hotu Matua, the Birdman cult, clan names and territories and also some data on the enigmatic rongorongo script ; Van Tilburg credits her with a primary role in assisting preservation of Rapa Nui's indigenous Polynesian culture.

By N42 and S89 the equestrian parade is at an end, and the following 16 figures on the north and 18 on the south are taken to be the elders of Athens judging by their braided hair, an attribute of distinguished age in Classical art.

Therefore he sent elders of Moab, and of Midian, to Balaam ( apparently a powerful and respected prophet ), son of Beor ( Bible ), to induce him to come and curse the Israelites.

* Hicetaon, a son of King Laomedon of Troy, thus a brother of Priam and one of the Trojan elders.

Mara's son, Ratu Finau Mara, who is widely expected to be named his successor as Tui Nayau, or Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands, was expected to participate in the vakataraisulu at the request of elders from Tubou and Levuka, but for undisclosed reasons, remained in Suva.

The character representing xiào, 孝, itself represents a basic family structure, with the upper component representing elders ( lao, old ), and the lower representing children ( zi, son ).

Ya Naa Mahama II appointed his son, then Sagnarigu Naa Andani, to the vacant skin of Karaga amidst protest from the elders of Yendi and citizens of Karaga.

There is a large respect for elders and as long as a father is around the son is expected to comply with any of his demands.

The council of five elders, also known as the five Tairō ( 五大老 go-tairō ), was formed in 1585 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan in the place of his son, Hideyori, until such time as he came of age.

While a board of elders was elected for the enforcement of the Society's rules and regulations, business management passed to its trustees: Baker and Henrici, 1847 – 68 ; Henrici and Jonathan Lenz, 1869 – 90 ; Henrici and Wolfel, 1890 ; Henrici and John S. Duss, 1890 – 1892 ; Duss and Seiber, 1892 – 1893 ; Duss and Reithmuller, 1893 – 1897 ; Duss, 1897 – 1903 ; and finally to Suzanna ( Susie ) C. Duss in 1903.

These rules were guided by clan elders who knew lifelong details of each river and stream they managed.

However, the Presbyterian Church USA was unwilling to implement some of the changes to its internal rules that this model would require and had concerns over the role of elders ( presbyters ), and the Episcopal Church did not feel able to participate at the time, having concerns about the role of bishops ( episcopacy ).

Increasingly, the elders were unable to enforce the rules.

Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord ; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up ; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

The two powerful groups making up the community — the priestly families who controlled the Temple and who traced their foundation-myth to Moses and the wilderness wanderings, and the major landowning families who made up the " elders " and who traced their own origins to Abraham, who had " given " them the land — were in conflict over many issues, and each had its own " history of origins ", but the Persian promise of greatly increased local autonomy for all provided a powerful incentive to cooperate in producing a single text.

Thorkild Jacobsen, as well as many others, has suggested that early Mesopotamian society was ruled by a " council of elders " in which men and women were equally represented, but that over time, as the status of women fell, that of men increased.

The moderator presides over the session as primus inter pares and as moderator also serves a " liturgical " bishop over the ordination and installation of elders and deacons within a particular congregation.

The Gerousia consisted of 28 elders over the age of 60, elected for life and usually part of the royal households, and the two kings.

In some areas such as Tanah Toraja, elders take turns watching over the village at a command post.

Like most other characters, Danny is most often rude to his elders, on one occasion asking Smiffy to speak up because he couldn't hear him over ' teacher '.

Chernyayev, dubbed the " Lion of Tashkent " by city elders, staged a " hearts-and-minds " campaign to win the population over.

The elders together exercise oversight ( episcopacy ) over the local congregation, with superior groups of elders gathered on a regional basis exercising wider oversight.

However, the powers of these kings was trammeled by both a council of elders ( the Gerousia ) and magistrates specifically appointed to watch over the kings ( the Ephors ).

let him call for the elders of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

As the protests escalated and then Party-chief Zhao Ziyang was removed from office, Jiang was selected by the Party leaders as a compromise candidate over Tianjin's Li Ruihuan, Premier Li Peng, Li Xiannian, Chen Yun, and the retired elders to become the new General Secretary.

Out of the 415 households, 30 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41 % had elders over 65.

Tensions escalated until they attempted to take over the colony, but when they failed the elders exiled them from the planet and its regenerative radiation, dooming them to perish slowly.

By capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this " blessed " water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder.

* Members of the governing board of the organization who are entitled to vote on matters over which the governing body has authority ( e. g., directors, elders, trustees, steering committee members, etc.

Every four years six ordained elders, who are at least 35 years old and are not over 68 years old, are elected by the General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene for a four-year term.

Based on early interviews of tribal elders by early ethnologists and anthropologists, the estimated number of Klallam villages has ranged from ten to over thirty, with some ambiguity in distinguishing permanent from seasonal settlements, and some villages with mixed or disputed tribal identity.

A Book of Mormon example of ordination by the laying on of hands is found in the Book of Alma, where Alma " ordained priests and elders, by laying on his hands according to the order of God, to preside and watch over the church.