Excerpt from Deuteronomy: The People's Book, Its Origin and Nature, a Defence The passage in Deuteronomy not a prophecy-of the same nature as pas sage about the judge The king a subject of discussion in the wilderness The Hebrews' idea of a king - Why the unexpected happened: no King was chosen - Rules supposed to refer to Solomon - A tradition assumed, as there was no popular history - Importance attributed to the trade in horses - Its absurdity shewn - Rules apply to other kings besides Solomon Thou mayest not set a stranger over thee - The Testimony of J ehoiada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.