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Primary Verses:
- Deut. 17:14-16
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"When thou art come unto the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt
possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I
will set a king over me, like as all the nations that
are about me; 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 thy brother.
But he shall not
multiply horses to himself, nor cause
the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should
multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto
you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."
Supporting Verses:
- 1 Sam. 8:11
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"And he said, This will be the
manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will
take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his
chariots, and to be
his horsemen; and some shall run before
his chariots."
- 2 Sam. 8:4
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"And David took from him a
thousand chariots, and seven hundred
horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the
chariot horses,
but reserved of them for an hundred chariots."
- 1 Kings 1:5
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"Then Adonijah the son of
Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and
he prepared him
chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to
run before him."
- 1 Kings 4:26
- 1 Kings 10:26-28
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"And Solomon gathered together
chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four
hundred chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen, whom
he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the
king at Jerusalem. And the king made silver to be in
Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the
sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt,
and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen
yarn at a price."
- 2 Chron. 9:25
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