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However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses

He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech the court official, and he burned up the chariots of the sun. Verse ConceptsChamberlainsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning IdolsPrivate Rooms

Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?
Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWork Ethic

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals


However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses


A king who judges the poor with fairness—
his throne will be established forever.
Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderCivic RighteousnessKings, Duties OfCommerceAuthorityfairness

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,
Verse ConceptsFearGod, The RockReverence, And BlessingKings, Duties OfKings, How They Should ActMagistratesCivil GovernmentReverence To GodAuthorityFearing God

Then he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgment. Verse ConceptsKings, Duties OfMagistratesGod With Specific PeopleMaking DecisionsJudgement

So now, kings, be wise; receive instruction, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with reverential awe, and rejoice with trembling.


Loyalty and faithfulness deliver a king;
through loyalty he maintains his throne.
Verse ConceptsSafetyKings, Duties OfAuthority

"When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, 'We want to appoint a king over us like all the nations around us,' you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people. However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, 'You are never to go back that way again.' read more.
He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won't go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself. When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes. Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue ruling many years over Israel.

However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses

It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine or for rulers [to desire] beer. Otherwise, they will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

"When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, 'We want to appoint a king over us like all the nations around us,' you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people. However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, 'You are never to go back that way again.' read more.
He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won't go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself. When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes.

"This is what the Lord God says: If the prince gives a gift to each of his sons as their inheritance, it will belong to his sons. It will become their property by inheritance. But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom, when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs. The prince must not take any of the people's inheritance, evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his own property."

However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses

Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment. Verse ConceptsGrainFeeding Animals

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFortificationsChariotsHorsesThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand


Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFortificationsMangersAccumulatingCavalryFour ThousandEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsMultiplyingChariotsSolomon, Character OfAccumulatingThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue at the going price. Verse ConceptsCommerce

King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds of gold went into each shield. He made 300 small shields of hammered gold; about four pounds of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

you are to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people. However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, 'You are never to go back that way again.'

However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses


A king who judges the poor with fairness—
his throne will be established forever.
Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderCivic RighteousnessKings, Duties OfCommerceAuthorityfairness

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,
Verse ConceptsFearGod, The RockReverence, And BlessingKings, Duties OfKings, How They Should ActMagistratesCivil GovernmentReverence To GodAuthorityFearing God

Then he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgment. Verse ConceptsKings, Duties OfMagistratesGod With Specific PeopleMaking DecisionsJudgement

So now, kings, be wise; receive instruction, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with reverential awe, and rejoice with trembling.


Loyalty and faithfulness deliver a king;
through loyalty he maintains his throne.
Verse ConceptsSafetyKings, Duties OfAuthority