DEUTERONOMY 17:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”
Thus he and his descendants may reign long over the kingdom in Israel — the conditional promise of dynasty depends on the king's covenantal faithfulness; longevity belongs not to the ambitious or powerful but to those who subordinate themselves to the word of God, establishing a radically different calculus of political success.
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