Deuteronomy 17:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ Be sure to ·appoint [set] over you the king the Lord your God chooses. He must be one of your own ·people [relatives; ^Lbrothers]. Do not ·appoint [set] as your king a foreigner who is not a ·fellow Israelite [relative; ^Lbrother]. ¹⁶ The king must not ·have too many [multiply] horses for himself [Is. 2:7–9], and he must not send people to Egypt to get more horses, because the Lord has told you, “Don’t return that way again.” ¹⁷ The king must not ·have many [multiply for himself] wives, or his heart will ·be led away [turn aside] from God [1 Kin. 11:1–13]. He must not have too much silver and gold.