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Deuteronomio 17:15
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ciertamente pondrás sobre ti al rey que el Señor tu Dios escoja, a uno de entre tus hermanos pondrás por rey sobre ti; no pondrás sobre ti a un extranjero que no sea hermano tuyo.
Sin duda pondr�s por rey sobre ti al que Jehov� tu Dios escogiere; de entre tus hermanos pondr�s rey sobre ti: no podr�s poner sobre ti hombre extranjero, que no sea tu hermano.
sin duda pondr�s por rey sobre ti al que el SE�OR tu Dios escogiere; de entre tus hermanos pondr�s rey sobre ti; no podr�s poner sobre ti hombre extranjero, que no sea tu hermano.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
whom: 1 Samuel 9:15-17, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Chronicles 12:23, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:6
from among: Jeremiah 30:21, Matthew 22:17
not set: Jeremiah 2:25
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 8:5 - now make 2 Samuel 5:1 - we 1 Kings 1:5 - I will 2 Kings 10:3 - Look even 1 Chronicles 11:1 - Behold 1 Chronicles 28:2 - my brethren Luke 20:22 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee whom the Lord thy God shall choose,.... The Jews take this to be a command to set a king over them: whereas it is only a permission in case they should desire and determine on having one, as God foresaw they would; and this with a limitation and restriction to appoint none but whom God should choose, and which was their duty and interest to attend unto; for none could choose better for them, and was what he had a right unto, and it became them to submit to it, since he was their King in a civil and special sense, and another was only his viceregent; accordingly we find, when they expressed their desire to have a king in the time of Samuel, and it was granted, though not without some resentment, the Lord chose their first king for them, Saul, and, after him, David, and even Solomon, David's son; and though, in later times, they appointed kings without consulting him, it is complained of, Hosea 8:4 hence this clause is prefaced in the Targum of Jonathan,
"ye shall seek instruction from the Lord, and after set him king, c.''
which was to be done by the mouth of a prophet, or by Urim, as Aben Ezra observes:
one from among thy brethren shall thou set king over thee: that is, one of their own nation, an Israelite, a brother both by nation and religion:
thou mayest not set a stranger over thee that is not thy brother one of another nation, that is not of the family of Israel, as Aben Ezra notes, even not an Edomite, though called sometimes their brother; and Herod, who was an Idumean, was set up, not by them, but by the Romans; now in this their king was a type of the King Messiah, of whom it is said, "their nobles shall be of themselves", Jeremiah 30:21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The king, like the judges and officers (compare Deuteronomy 16:18), is to be chosen by the people; but their choice is to be in accordance with the will of God, and to be made from among “their brethren.” Compare 1 Samuel 9:15; 1Sa 10:24; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Kings 19:16.
Thou mayest not set a stranger over thee - The Jews extended this prohibition to all offices whatsoever (compare Jeremiah 30:21); and naturally attached the greatest importance to it: from where the significance of the question proposed to our Lord, “Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar?” Matthew 22:17. A Gentile head for the Jewish people, which it was a principal aim of the Law to keep special and distinct from others, was an anomaly.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 17:15. One from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee — It was on the ground of this command that the Jews proposed that insidious question to our Lord, Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, OR NO? Matthew 22:17; for they were then under the authority of a foreign power. Had Christ said Yes, then they would have condemned him by this law; had he said No, then they would have accused him to Caesar. See this subject discussed in great detail in the notes, Matthew 22:16, &c.
