5594 tribute
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Gifts and honours paid as a mark of respect and submission to kings and others in authority; also, praise given to those to whom it is due.

Tribute required by God

The spoils of war

Numbers 31:28 See also Numbers 31:29,36-41

The glory due to his name

Psalm 96:7-9; Hebrews 13:15

Tribute paid to kings

Eglon, king of Moab

See also Judges 3:15,17-18

David, from the Moabites

2 Samuel 8:2 pp 1 Chronicles 18:2

David, from the Arameans

See also 2 Samuel 8:6 pp 1 Chronicles 18:6

Solomon, from all the lands

1 Kings 4:21 See also Ezra 4:20

Ben-Hadad's demands from Ahab

1 Kings 20:2-9

Ahab, from the king of Moab

2 Kings 3:4

Isaiah's advice to Moab

Isaiah 16:1-2

Jehoshaphat, from the Philistines and Arabs

2 Chronicles 17:11

Uzziah, from the Ammonites

2 Chronicles 26:8

Jotham, from the Ammonites

2 Chronicles 27:5

The Assyrian kings, from Israel

2 Kings 15:19-20; Kings 17:3-4; Hosea 10:5-6

Pharaoh Neco, from Jehoiakim

2 Kings 23:35

Babylonian plunder

2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:18

Artaxerxes, from the Jews

Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:24

Xerxes, from the whole empire

Esther 10:1

Roman taxes

Matthew 22:17 pp Mark 12:14 pp Luke 20:22

Tribute paid to those in authority

David

2 Samuel 9:6

Daniel

Daniel 2:46

Haman

Esther 3:2

Herod

Acts 12:21-23

Tribute in the form of praise

David, of Saul and Jonathan

2 Samuel 1:23-27

Paul, of faithful friends

Romans 16:3-13; 2 Corinthians 8:22-24; Philippians 2:19-30; Colossians 4:7-14; 2 Timothy 1:16-18

John, of Demetrius

3Jn 12

Christian principles on paying tribute

OT teaching

Proverbs 24:21-22

Jesus Christ's teaching

Matthew 22:21 pp Mark 12:17 pp Luke 20:25

Apostolic teaching

Romans 13:7 See also 1 Peter 2:17

Tribute due to Jesus Christ

Prophesied in the OT

Psalm 72:10-11 See also Psalm 89:22; Isaiah 52:15

Due because of his exaltation

Philippians 2:9-11 See also Isaiah 45:23

Fulfilled in the New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:24,26

See also

2336  Christ, exaltation
2375  kingdom of God
4215  Babylon
4263  Rome
5085  David
5325  gifts
5577  taxation
5878  honour
8488  tithing
8622  worship
8664  praise



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