God said: “When you eventually come into the land that Jehovah your God is giving you,... and you have said, ‘ Let me set a king over myself like all the nations who are round about me ’; you should without fail set over yourself a king whom Jehovah your God will choose....
ואמרת, ’ אשימה עלי מלך ככל הגויים אשר סביבותיי ’; שׂוֹם תשים עליך מלך אשר יבחר יהוה אלוהיך בו....