Deuteronomy 17:17

He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

In Context

16And when he is made king, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people into Egypt, being lifted up with the number of his horsemen, especially since the Lord hath commanded you to return no more the same way.

18But after he is raised to the throne of his kingdom, he shall copy out to himself the Deuteronomy of this law in a volume, taking the copy of the priests of the Levitical tribe,

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:2And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess:

1 Kings 10:21Moreover all the vessels, out of which king Solomon drank, were of gold: and all the furniture of the house of the forest of Libanus was of most pure gold: there was no silver, nor was any account made of it in the days of Solomon:

1 Kings 11:3And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

2 Chronicles 11:21And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives, and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he beget eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.

Psalms 62:10But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.

Proverbs 31:3Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:15-20

The Choice of a King. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 15 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. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the… Read the whole commentary →

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