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An empty plain wooden chair overlooks a cultivated settlement and fields.
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Deuteronomy 17:14

The Request for a King

Inquire Thoroughly and Keep the King under the Law · Deuteronomy 17

Story guide: An empty chair overlooking the land introduces Israel’s anticipated request to set a king over itself.

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14When you come into the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, and you take possession of it and live in it, and you say, “I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are around me,”

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