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Deuteronomy 17:15-17
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Deuteronomy 17:15-17
Contemporary English Version
15 Go ahead and appoint a king, but make sure that he is an Israelite and that he is the one the Lord has chosen.
16 (A) The king should not have many horses, especially those from Egypt. The Lord has said never to go back there again. 17 (B) And the king must not have a lot of wives—they might tempt him to be unfaithful to the Lord.[a] Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold.
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- 17.17 a lot of wives … unfaithful to the Lord: A king would often marry the daughter of another king that he was making a treaty with. These foreign women would naturally want to worship their own gods, and would want their husband the king to do so as well.
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