Ulangan 17:16

17:16 Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, ¹  for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.

Ulangan 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ²  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ³  and breaks his covenant

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ⁴ 

Yesaya 2:7

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. ⁵ 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. ⁶ 

[17:16]  ¹ tn Heb “in order to multiply horses.” The translation uses “do so” in place of “multiply horses” to avoid redundancy (cf. NAB, NIV).

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “gates.”

[17:2]  ³ tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

[15:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”

[2:7]  ⁶ sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.