20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his [a]countrymen (A)and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:20 Lit brothers

(A)Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

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(A)because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, (B)except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

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