Theocracy: A word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews were under the
direct government of God himself. The nation was in all things
subject to the will of their invisible King. All the people were the
servants of Jehovah, who ruled over their public and private affairs,
communicating to them his will through the medium of the prophets.
They were the subjects of a heavenly, not of an earthly, king. They
were Jehovah's own subjects, ruled directly by him (comp.)
(1 Samuel 8:6-9)
