Numbers 16:5 16:5 Ezekiel 34:23 34:23 Acts 5:31 5:31 Mark 11:9 11:9 Hebrews 1:5 1:5 2 Samuel 7:13 7:13 Isaiah 9:7 9:7 Psalms 89:26 89:26 1 Chronicles 11:10 11:10 2 Samuel 2:3 2:3 1 Samuel 16:1 16:1 Psalms 89:19 89:19 1 Kings 1:39 1:39 1 Kings 1:25 1:25 2 Samuel 21:6 21:6 2 Kings 11:12 11:12 Lamentations 4:7 4:7 Solomon's Song 5:10 5:10 Acts 4:27 4:27 Acts 7:20 7:20 Acts 13:21 13:21 1 Samuel 15:1 15:1 Psalms 25:14 25:14 Job 33:16 33:16 Jeremiah 30:21 1 Chronicles 22:10 1 Chronicles 12:23 1 Samuel 10:24 1 Samuel 16:12 1 Samuel 9:15 Deuteronomy 17:15
Deuteronomy 17:15
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.
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This chapter in the commentary 2 Nephi 10 — Reconcile Yourselves — Jacob's Second Day and the Land of Promise 2 Nephi 12 — Isaiah 2 — The Mountain of the Lord's House and the Day of the Lord 2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names 2 Nephi 27 — Isaiah 29 Expanded — The Sealed Book, the Learned Man, the Three Witnesses, the Marvelous Work 2 Nephi 29 — A Bible! A Bible! — The Marvelous Work, the Two Records, and the Lord Speaks to All Nations Alma 2 — Amlici Rejected by the Voice of the People — the First Civil War of the Judges, the Self-Crowned King, and the Battle at the Sidon Alma 15 — Believest Thou in the Power of Christ unto Salvation — Zeezrom Healed, Amulek Forsakes All, and the Quiet Restoration at Sidom Alma 51 — The King-Men and the Javelin — Liberty Assailed from Within and the Death of the Usurper Ether 5 — In the Mouth of Three Witnesses — Moroni Speaks to the Translator, and Names the Witnesses to Come Jacob 1 — The Plates Pass to Jacob — Magnifying the Office, the Anxiety for Souls, and the Naming of Kings Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin Mosiah 6 — The Names Recorded — Priests Appointed, Mosiah Anointed, Benjamin Departed, and Three Years of Peace Mosiah 11 — King Noah and the First Cry of Abinadi — A King Whose Heart Is Set on Riches, a Prophet Who Comes Among the People to Say Repent or Be Brought Into Bondage Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge 1 Kings 12 — To Your Tents, O Israel — The Yoke at Shechem, the Counsel of Young Men, the Kingdom Torn, and the Calves of Gold 1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven 2 Kings 22 — I Have Found the Book — the Boy King Who Walked Straight, the Scroll Lost Inside the Temple, the Clothes Torn at the Reading, and Huldah's Oracle of the Tender Heart 2 Kings 25 — The Ember in the Ashes — the Last Siege of Jerusalem, the Burning of the House of the LORD, the Long Road to Babylon, and the Son of David Who Ate Bread at the King's Table Psalms 20 — Some Trust in Chariots — A Nation Prays for Its King on the Day of Battle Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Deuteronomy 17:15 in context .
