Diplomacy
24 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- Absalom Winning the People
- Ahaz Purchases Assistance from the King of Assyria
- Ambassadors from Ben-Hadad to Ahab
- Corrupt Practices in the officers of Nebuchadnezzars Court to Secure the Destruction of Daniel
- David, in Sending Hushai Absalom's Court
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Jehoash Purchases Peace from Hazael
- Paul, in Arraying the Pharisees and Sadducees Against Each Other at his Trial
- Paul, in Circumcising Timothy
- Paul, in Performing Certain Temple Services to Placate Jewish Believers
- Rab-Shakeh, in Trying to Induce Jerusalem to Capitulate by Bombastic Harangue
- Sanballat, in Prevent the Rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah
- Solomon, in his Alliance with Hiram
- The Gibeonites, in Securing a Treaty with the Israelites Through Deception
- The People of Tyre and Sidon, in Securing the Favor of Herod (Agrippa I)
- The Wise Woman of Abel
Absalom Winning the People
- 2 Samuel 15:2–6 He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your …
Ahaz Purchases Assistance from the King of Assyria
- 2 Kings 16:7–9 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” …
Ambassadors from Ben-Hadad to Ahab
- 1 Kings 20:31–34 Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he …
Corrupt Practices in the officers of Nebuchadnezzars Court to Secure the Destruction of Daniel
- Daniel 6:4–15 Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him. …
David, in Sending Hushai Absalom's Court
- 2 Samuel 15:32–37 When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. …
- 2 Samuel 16:15–19 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him. …
- 2 Samuel 17:1–14 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. …
General Scriptures Concerning
- 1 Corinthians 9:20–23 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law. …
Jehoash Purchases Peace from Hazael
- 2 Kings 12:18 So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers— Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah— along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the …
Paul, in Arraying the Pharisees and Sadducees Against Each Other at his Trial
- Acts 23:6–10 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” …
Paul, in Circumcising Timothy
- Acts 16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Paul, in Performing Certain Temple Services to Placate Jewish Believers
- Acts 21:20–25 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. …
- Galatians 6:12 Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
Rab-Shakeh, in Trying to Induce Jerusalem to Capitulate by Bombastic Harangue
- 2 Kings 18:17–37 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of …
- 2 Kings 19:1–13 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD. …
- Isaiah 36:11–22 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.” …
Sanballat, in Prevent the Rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left— though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
Solomon, in his Alliance with Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:1–12 Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David. …
- 1 Kings 9:10–14 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace, …
- 1 Kings 9:26–27 King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. …
- 1 Kings 10:11 (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
The Gibeonites, in Securing a Treaty with the Israelites Through Deception
- Joshua 9:3–16 But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, …
The People of Tyre and Sidon, in Securing the Favor of Herod (Agrippa I)
- Acts 12:20–22 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s …
The Wise Woman of Abel
- 2 Samuel 20:16–22 a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.” …
Related topics
Diplomacy of AbimelechDiplomacy by Intermarriage with Other NationsDiplomacy of AbigailDiplomacy of Hiram, to Secure the Good Will of DavidDiplomacy of Jephthah, with the King of Moab, UnsuccessfulDiplomacy of Toi, to Promote the Friendship of David
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.