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Deuteronomy 17:16
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Principles Governing Kings

14 “When you come to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, a‘I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’  
15 you shall surely set a king over you awhom the Lord your God chooses; one bfrom among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.  
16 But he shall not multiply ahorses for himself, nor cause the people bto return to Egypt to multiply horses, for cthe Lord has said to you, d‘You shall not return that way again.’  
17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and agold for himself.  
18 “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one abefore the priests, the Levites.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Deuteronomy 17:16

He shall not multiply horses - As horses appear to have been generally furnished by Egypt, God prohibits these,

1.Lest there should be such commerce with Egypt as might lead to idolatry.

2.Lest the people might depend on a well-appointed cavalry as a means of security, and so cease from trusting in the strength and protection of God. And,

3.That they might not be tempted to extend their dominion by means of cavalry, and so get scattered among the surrounding idolatrous nations, and thus cease, in process of time, to be that distinct and separate people which God intended they should be, and without which the prophecies relative to the Messiah could not be known to have their due and full accomplishment.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Deuteronomy 17:16:

Joshua 11:9
1 Samuel 8:9
2 Chronicles 1:17
Proverbs 21:31
Isaiah 2:7
Isaiah 30:6

 

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