Deuteronomy 17:15

Catholic Public Domain Version

you shall appoint him whom the Lord your God will choose from among the number of your brothers. You cannot make a man of another people king, one who is not your brother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1

And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2 Samuel 5:2

Moreover, yesterday and the day before, when Saul was king over us, you were the one leading out and leading back Israel. Then the Lord said to you, 'You shall pasture my people Israel, and you shall be the leader over Israel.' "

1 Chronicles 12:23

Now this is the number of the leaders of the army who went to David when he was at Hebron, so that they might transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, in accord with the word of the Lord:

1 Chronicles 22:10

He shall build a house to my name. And he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto eternity.'

1 Chronicles 28:5

Then too, among my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he chose Solomon my son, so that he would sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord, over Israel.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

Psalm 2:6

Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

Jeremiah 2:25

You should keep your foot from being naked, and your throat from being thirsty. But you have said: 'I have lost hope. I will not do it. For certainly, I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.'

Jeremiah 30:21

And their ruler will one of their own. And their prince will be led forward from their midst. And I will draw him near, and he will cling to me. For who is the one who applies his heart, so that he may draw near to me, says the Lord?

Matthew 22:17

Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?"

1 Samuel 10:24

And Samuel said to all the people: "Certainly, you see the one whom the Lord has chosen, that there is not anyone like him among all the people." And all the people cried out and said, "Long live the king!"

1 Samuel 16:3

And you shall call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will reveal to you what you should do. And you shall anoint whomever I will indicate to you."

1 Samuel 8:5

And they said to him: "Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have."