Deuteronomy 17:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷^(A) 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.

¹⁸The official copy of God's laws^[b] will be kept by the priests of the Levi tribe. So, as soon as anyone becomes king, he must go to the priests and write out a copy of these laws while they watch. ¹⁹Each day the king must read and obey these laws, so that he will learn to worship the Lord with fear and trembling

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Footnotes

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.
17.18 God's laws: Or “God's laws for the king.”