Tyranny See also Governments; Unrighteous Dominion manner of the king that shall reign over them, 1 Sam. 8:9. Manasseh seduced them to do more evil, 2 Kgs. 21:9. Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, Esth. 3:6. wicked beareth rule, the people mourn, Prov. 29:2 (D&C 98:9). whoso falleth not down … cast into … fiery furnace, Dan. 3:6. ask a petition of any God … cast into the den of lions, Dan. 6:7. Herod … slew all the children … in Bethlehem, Matt. 2:16. beheaded John in the prison, Matt. 14:10. killed James the brother of John, Acts 12:2. did cause his people to commit sin, Mosiah 11:2. how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause, Mosiah 29:17. to destroy the foundation of liberty, Alma 46:10. by his fraud … he obtained the kingdom, Alma 47:35. to overpower the Nephites, Alma 48:4. they did set at defiance the law, 3 Ne. 6:30. Akish was desirous for power, Ether 9:11. whoso refused to labor he did cause to be put to death, Ether 10:6. made to bow down … under the most damning hand of murder, tyranny, D&C 123:7. See also Judg. 9:4; 1 Kgs. 21:10; Alma 51:8; 61:8.