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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 17:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| De 17:15 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt in any wise [07760] set [07760] him king [04428] over thee, whom the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977]: one from among [07130] thy brethren [0251] shalt thou set [07760] king [04428] over thee: thou mayest [03201] not set [05414] a stranger [05237] [0376] over thee, which is not thy brother [0251]. |
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King James |
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother--that is, by their free and voluntary choice. But God, in the retributions of His providence, did allow foreign princes to usurp the dominion (Jer 38:17; Mat 22:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The king, like the judges and officers (compare Deu 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 Sa1 9:15; Sa1 10:24; Sa1 16:1; Kg1 19:16.
Thou mayest not set a stranger over thee - The Jews extended this prohibition to all offices whatsoever (compare Jer 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?" Mat 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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thy God shall chuse - Approve of, or appoint. So it was in Saul and David. God reserved to himself the nomination both of the family, and of the person. Thy brethren - Of the same nation and religion; because such a person was most likely to maintain true religion, and to rule with righteousness, gentleness, and kindness to his subjects; and that he might be a fit type of Christ their supreme king, who was to be one of their brethren. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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? Mat 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, Mat 22:16 (note), etc. |
17 Tell [2036] us [2254] therefore [3767], What [5101] thinkest [1380] thou [4671]? Is it lawful [1832] to give [1325] tribute [2778] unto Caesar [2541], or [2228] not [3756]?
17 Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto Zedekiah [06667], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; If thou wilt assuredly [03318] go forth [03318] unto the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then thy soul [05315] shall live [02421], and this city [05892] shall not be burned [08313] with fire [0784]; and thou shalt live [02421], and thine house [01004]:
17 Tell [2036] us [2254] therefore [3767], What [5101] thinkest [1380] thou [4671]? Is it lawful [1832] to give [1325] tribute [2778] unto Caesar [2541], or [2228] not [3756]?
21 And their nobles [0117] shall be of themselves, and their governor [04910] shall proceed [03318] from the midst [07130] of them; and I will cause him to draw near [07126], and he shall approach [05066] unto me: for who is this that engaged [06148] his heart [03820] to approach [05066] unto me? saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
16 And Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Nimshi [05250] shalt thou anoint [04886] to be king [04428] over Israel [03478]: and Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202] of Abelmeholah [065] shalt thou anoint [04886] to be prophet [05030] in thy room.
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], How long wilt thou mourn [056] for Saul [07586], seeing I have rejected [03988] him from reigning [04427] over Israel [03478]? fill [04390] thine horn [07161] with oil [08081], and go [03212], I will send [07971] thee to Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022]: for I have provided [07200] me a king [04428] among his sons [01121].
24 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the LORD [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].
15 Now the LORD [03068] had told [01540] Samuel [08050] in his ear [0241] a [0259] day [03117] before [06440] Saul [07586] came [0935], saying [0559],
18 Judges [08199] and officers [07860] shalt thou make [05414] thee in all thy gates [08179], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, throughout thy tribes [07626]: and they shall judge [08199] the people [05971] with just [06664] judgment [04941].
16 And [2532] they sent out [649] unto him [846] their [846] disciples [3101] with [3326] the Herodians [2265], saying [3004], Master [1320], we know [1492] that [3754] thou art [1488] true [227], and [2532] teachest [1321] the way [3598] of God [2316] in [1722] truth [225], [2532] neither [3756] carest [3199] thou [4671] for [4012] any [3762] man: for [1063] thou regardest [991] not [1519] [3756] the person [4383] of men [444].
17 Tell [2036] us [2254] therefore [3767], What [5101] thinkest [1380] thou [4671]? Is it lawful [1832] to give [1325] tribute [2778] unto Caesar [2541], or [2228] not [3756]?