Kaylee
Member
In Sunday School today, this was presented as one of the old requirements for the king of the Israelites, if and when one should be called for:
So here's my question (and how it relates to RKBA L&P )
Is this strictly a prohibition on the gathering of wealth by a king, or is it a forerunner of the "a standing professional army is Not Good" that we had in our early days? I do recall the Egyptians had quite a thing for fighting with horsedrawn chariots, and it seems to me a herd of horses has quite a bit of military application in that day and time.
So... am I reading too much into that line, or not?
(Deuteronomy 17)But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lord has said to you, "You shall not return that way again."
So here's my question (and how it relates to RKBA L&P )
Is this strictly a prohibition on the gathering of wealth by a king, or is it a forerunner of the "a standing professional army is Not Good" that we had in our early days? I do recall the Egyptians had quite a thing for fighting with horsedrawn chariots, and it seems to me a herd of horses has quite a bit of military application in that day and time.
So... am I reading too much into that line, or not?