Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
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Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes? From their children or from strangers?”
They questioned him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and you don’t show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man subverting our ethnic group, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
After him, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census, and he invited people to follow him in revolt. He also died, and all of his followers were scattered.
Therefore y’all pay everyone what is due to them: if taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
you must appoint-appoint as king whom YHWH your God chooses. You are to appoint as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.