Flip to Deuteronomy 17 (starting at verse 14).
Interesting little thing about what God expects of the king. It seems God doesn’t want the Israelite king to:
“acquire great numbers of horses for himself”
“take many wives”
“accumulate large amounts of silver and gold”
It seems pretty self-explanatory. But there is more behind these three things … read on if [...]
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kingship in deuteronomy
Posted in Deuteronomy, Scripture on September 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
