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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 17:15

Verse Deuteronomy 17:15. One from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee] It was on the ground of this command that the Jews proposed that insidious question to our Lord, Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, OR NO? Matthew 22:17; for they were then under the authority of a foreign power. Had Christ said Yes, then they would have condemned him by this law; had he said No, then they would have accused him to Caesar. See this subject discussed in great detail in the notes, Matthew 22:16, c.

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See also Deuteronomy 17:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The king, like the judges and officers (compare Deuteronomy 16:18), is to be chosen by the people; but their choice is to be in accordance with the will of God, and to be made from among “their brethr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    13. JUSTICE AND THE CHOICE OF A KING Chapter S 16:18-17:20 _ 1. Appointment of judges and their instruction (Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 17:1)_ 2. The higher court at the place He chooses ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LAW ABOUT THE KING THAT IS TO BE. This deals exclusively with the theocratic aspect peculiar to D: the picture of the ideal king here drawn was probably suggested by way of contrast to the reigning ki...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Of the King When Israel elect to have a King like other nations, he must be chosen of God, an Israelite and no foreigner (Deuteronomy 17:14 f.). He must not multiply horses, wives nor silver and gold...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thou shalt in any wise set_ The emphatic Heb. means either _thou mayest certainly_, or _thou shalt only, set_. _thy God shall choose_ So of Saul and David, 1 Samuel 9:15 f., 1Sa 10:24, 1 Samuel 16:1;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 15. _WHOM THE LORD—SHALL CHOOSE_— Either by the ministry of his prophets, by Urim and Thummim; or by lot. The king whom the Lord permitted them to choose, was not an absolute monarch, nor did h...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY 18:22 e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (2) KINGS (Deuteronomy 17:14-20) 14 When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like al...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 TH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Not a stranger] i.e. a foreigner, a non-Israelite: because Israel is the peculiar people of Jehovah. The Jews were always intolerant of foreign authority: cp. Matthew 22:17. Messiah when He came was t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PUNISHMENT OF IDOLATRY. CONTROVERSIES TO BE SETTLED BY PRIESTS AND JUDGES. ELECTION AND DUTIES OF A KING 1. Cp. Leviticus 22:17....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 17 V1 ‘If any sheep or *cattle are not perfect, do not *sacrifice them to the *LORD your God. Th...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    Deuteronomy 17:14. THE LAW OF THE KINGDOM. (14) WHEN THOU ART COME UNTO THE LAND. — These are not the words of a legislator who is already in the land. Those who say that this law dates from later ti...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שֹׂ֣ום תָּשִׂ֤ים עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SPEAKERS FOR GOD - I. THE KING Deuteronomy 17:14 IN approaching the main section of the legislation it will be necessary, in accordance with the expository character of the series to which this...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing the discourse commenced in the previous chapter, we find insistence on the fact that no false sacrifices must be offered and no false worshipers permitted to approach. For dealing with such...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (i) stranger over thee, which [i...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Choose, as he did Saul, David, and Solomon, who succeeded to the throne of his father, though he was not the eldest son. (Menochius) --- Then the throne began to be hereditary, in virtue of God's prom...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! is there not somewhat here which hath an eye to JESUS? Is he not of our brethren? Is he not indeed our king? Zechariah 9:9....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A TRUE LEADER_ ‘Thou shalt … set him King over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose.’ Deuteronomy 17:15 Taken strictly, these words only concern kings; but, in principle and with adaptations,...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee. _First of all, God maintains His own supremacy in the appointment of a king, and does not consign the matter to the people’s own suffrages; that thus...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Verse 18 [from Chapter 16] (Deuteronomy 16:18) begins a new subject: the pains taken, and the instruments used, to preserve the blessing and execute the judgments necessary to that effect. The thought...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU SHALT IN ANY WISE SET [HIM] KING OVER THEE WHOM THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE,.... The Jews take this to be a command to set a king over them: whereas it is only a permission in case they should...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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] n...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Deu. 17:14, 15. In what is said here about a king we have a plain instance of God's suffering the people to do that which yet he did not approve of, parallel to the instance Christ mentioned, Matthew...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Whom the Lord thy God shall choose_ Approve of, or appoint. So it was in Saul and David. God reserved to himself the nomination both of the family and of the person. _Thy brethren_ Of the same nation...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The things sacrificed must bee sound. 2 Idolaters must bee slaine. 8 Hard controuersies are to bee determined by the Priests and Iudges. 12 The contemner of that Determination must die. 14 The e...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE OFFICE OF AN EVENTUAL KING...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    thou shalt in any wise, by all means, SET HIM KING OVER THEE WHOM THE LORD, THY GOD, SHALL CHOOSE, 1 Samuel 9:15; ONE FROM AMONG THY BRETHREN SHALT THOU SET KING OVER THEE; THOU MAYEST NOT SET A STRAN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT (This Continues the subject of) (chap.16:13 to 17:11) This continues the subject of righteous government. The guilt of offering a blemished sacrifice to the Lord must incur sev...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-20 God himself was in a particular manner Israel's King; and if they set another over them, it was necessary that he should choose the person. Accordingly, when the people desired a king, they app...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU SHALT SET HIM, i.e. appoint, or install. If you will choose a king, which I shall suffer you to do, I command you to mind this in your choice. WHOM THE LORD SHALL CHOOSE, approve of, or appoint....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    We must remember that the division of scripture into Chapter s and verses is entirely a human arrangement, often very convenient, no doubt, for reference; but not infrequently it is quite unwarrantabl...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 17:15 surely H7760 (H8800) set H7760 (H8799) king H4428 LORD H3068 God H430 chooses H977 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY FUTURE KING (DEUTERONOMY 17:14). Having been speaking of ‘the Judge' who would have authority over Israel took, and being very much aware of the people's weaknesses and willingnes...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Laws concerning idolaters and obedience to authority and kings. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God would possess men with a dread of that sin worshipping false gods which is a sin in...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 17:3. _Either sun or moon._ This would be going back to Sabianism, which from the dispersion of Babel became the religion of Asia, as stated in Job 1:15. Deuteronomy 17:8. A matter too har...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 17:14 I WILL SET A KING OVER ME, LIKE ALL THE NATIONS. See 1 Samuel 8:5,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL REMARKS.—Israel not only had tendency to idolatry, but inclination to offer animals with faults and to transgress the laws of worship. _Blemishes_ named in Leviticus 22. Deuteronomy 17:2. Ido...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SACRIFICES TO BE OF ANIMALS UNBLEMISHED. IDOLATERS TO BE SOUGHT OUT, CONVICTED, AND PUT TO DEATH. THE HIGHER JUDICIAL COURT

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    As you've discovered by now the book of Deuteronomy is sort of a review of the law. The word itself indicates the second law. It is a review by Moses for the people. Really a final review because Mose...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 12:23; 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Samuel 10:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy God shall chuse — Approve of, or appoint. So it was in Saul and David. God reserved to himself the nomination both of the family, and of the person. Thy brethren — Of the same nation and religion;...

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