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# General Information:
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Israel was not to have a king because Yahweh was their king. Knowing the sinfulness of the people, Yahweh anticipated that one day Israel would have a king. Therefore, this passage gives commands about their king prophetically. They were not allowed to collect chariots because they were a sign of earthly power and the king was to trust in Yahweh. (See 1 Samuel 8).
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# When you have come to the land
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"gone to" or "entered."
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# then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,'
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"then you decide that you want a king just like the peoples of the nations that surround you have kings,"
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# I will set a king over myself ... round about me
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"We will set over ourselves ... round about us"
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# set a king over myself
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Giving someone the authority to rule as king is spoken of as if the people were setting the person in a place above them.
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# all the nations that are round about me
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"all the surrounding nations". Here "nations" represent the people who live in the nations.
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