Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5327 governors

5327 governors

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Those who ruled with an authority delegated to them by a higher ruler to whom they were responsible.

Joseph as governor of Egypt

Genesis 42:6 See also Genesis 41:41,43,55; Genesis 45:8,26

Governors of Judah

Gedaliah had a short period in office

2 Kings 25:22-23 See also Jeremiah 40:7,11; Jeremiah 41:2,18

Sheshbazzar laid the temple foundations

Ezra 5:14 See also Ezra 1:8

Zerubbabel

Zerubbabel is possibly the same person as Sheshbazzar:

Haggai 1:1,14; Haggai 2:2,21

Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem

Nehemiah 5:14 See also Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 12:26

Governors before Nehemiah

Nehemiah 5:15

Persian governors

Tattenai

Ezra 5:3 “Trans-Euphrates” (literally “beyond the river”, i.e., the Euphrates River) to the Persians included the areas of Aram, Phoenicia and Palestine. See also Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6,13

Other governors of Trans-Euphrates

Ezra 8:36 See also Nehemiah 2:7,9; Nehemiah 3:7

Other Persian governors

Esther 3:12 See also Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3; Daniel 3:2-3,27; Daniel 6:7

Satraps

Satraps were Persian provincial governors:

Ezra 8:36; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3; Daniel 3:2-3,27; Daniel 6:1-4,6,7

Other OT references to governors

Judges 9:30; 1 Kings 4:7 Solomon's twelve district governors; 1 Kings 4:19; 2 Kings 10:5; Kings 23:8; 2 Chronicles 9:14; Jeremiah 51:23,28,57; Ezekiel 23:6,12,23; Malachi 1:8

Roman governors

Quirinius, governor of Syria

Luke 2:1-2

Pilate, governor of Judea

See also Matthew 27:2,11,14,15,21,27; Matthew 28:14; Luke 3:1; Luke 20:20; John 18:28

Felix, governor of Judea

Acts 23:24,26,33-34; Acts 24:1,10

Festus, governor of Judea

Acts 26:30-32 Festus did not understand Paul but might well have released him but for his (Paul's) appeal to Rome.

The governor of Damascus

2 Corinthians 11:32

Other NT references to governors

Standards of performance of governors

Some were good

Genesis 41:39-40; 1 Kings 4:27; 2 Kings 10:1; Ezra 5:16

Some were bad

Nehemiah 5:14-15; Acts 24:26