Politics · 19 · Solomon and Sheba
'In those days there was no king in Israel'
Judges attacks kingship throughout, yet its final chapters repeatedly lament that there was no king, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
A king's true job is justice, not glory.
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The refrain appears only in stories of internal violence and injustice. Deuteronomy likewise gives the king one duty: to copy the Torah and read it all his life. Honor-hungry warlords are not the model.
Bible reference: Judges 21:25; Deuteronomy 17:18–20
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 307
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