Edicts or public declarations issued by the civil or religious authorities.

Exodus 1:15-22

Examples of proclamations in biblical times

Exodus 32:5

Pharaoh's edict that all Hebrew boys were to be drowned

1 Kings 21:9-10

Aaron's proclamation of a festival to the LORD

2 Kings 10:20

Jezebel's proclamation to ensnare Naboth

2 Chronicles 24:9

Jehu's proclamation of an assembly in honour of Baal

2 Chronicles 30:1-10

Joash's proclamation of a tax for the LORD

Ezra 1:1; 5:13; 6:3; 7:13

Hezekiah's invitation to celebrate the Passover

Nehemiah 8:14-15

Cyrus' decrees concerning the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple:

Esther 1:20; 2:8; 3:14; 4:3; 8:11

the Levites' proclamation of festival arrangements

Xerxes' decrees in the time of Esther:

Daniel 6:7,15
Jonah 3:7

Darius' decrees in the time of Daniel:

Luke 2:1

the king of Nineveh's proclamation of a fast of repentance

See also

Caesar Augustus' proclamation of a census

2427 gospel, transmission
5219 authority, human institutions
5336 highway
7354 feasts and festivals
7754 preaching
8424 evangelism
8489 urgency