He also intrusted the rulership of different kingdoms as far as possible to native princes.

Wang Mang now chose a one-year-old baby, but soon after he felt that the time had come for officially assuming the rulership.

This is indicated by the fact that from the time he broke off his joint rulership with his colleagues and held the power alone he did nothing of the sort.

For we have now to deal with words over which you can establish no genuine rulership unless you have outside help.

This accident, taken with the rest, indicated rulership to him in advance.

Therefore when Alexander despaired of ever obtaining the rulership, he sent ambassadors to Gabinius and besought him to pardon his offences.

They embraced the new faith in self-defence, and received the rulership of the Prophet very much as they had received the government of all the other chieftains before him.

Nor was he mistaken in his hopes, for this woman retained the rulership because of her reputation for piety.

When his third ten-year period had been accomplished, he then accepted the rulership for the fourth time,of course under compulsion!

Ezekiel also presents in his characteristic, symbolic form the promise that Jehovah will now fulfil the popular hopes and destroy the wicked foes who have preyed upon his people, and thus vindicate his divine rulership of the world.