- Deuteronomy 17:14
כִּי־תָבֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּה בָּהּ וְאָמַרְתָּ אָשִׂימָה עָלַי מֶלֶךְ כְּכׇל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתָי׃
If, after you have entered the land that the ETERNAL your God has assigned to you, and taken possession of it and settled in it, you decide, “I will set a king over me, as do all the nations about me,”
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי תֵיעוֹל לְאַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ וְתֵירְתַהּ וְתִתֵּיב בַּהּ וְתֵימַר אֲמַנֵּי עֲלַי מַלְכָּא כְּכָל עַמְמַיָּא דִּבְסַחְרָנָי׃
When you arrive in the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you and inherit it and live in it, and you say, ‘‘Let me appoint over me a king like all the nations around me;’’
- Deuteronomy 17:15
שׂוֹם תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ מִקֶּרֶב אַחֶיךָ תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ לֹא תוּכַל לָתֵת עָלֶיךָ אִישׁ נׇכְרִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אָחִיךָ הוּא׃
you shall be free to set a king over yourself, one chosen by the ETERNAL your God. Be sure to set as king over yourself one of your own people; you must not set a foreigner over you, one who is not your fellow Israelite.
Targum Onkelos
מַנָּאָה תְמַנֵּי עֲלָךְ מַלְכָּא דְּיִתְרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בֵּיהּ מִגּוֹ אֲחָךְ תְּמַנֵּי עֲלָךְ מַלְכָּא לֵית לָךְ רְשׁוּ לְמַנָּאָה עֲלָךְ גְּבַר נוּכְרַאי דְּלָא אֲחוּךְ הוּא׃
Appoint are you to appoint over yourself a king whom Adonoy, your God, will choose. From among your brothers are you to appoint over yourself a king; you may not [you have no permission to] place over yourself a foreigner who is not your brother.
- Deuteronomy 17:16
רַק לֹא־יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ סוּסִים וְלֹא־יָשִׁיב אֶת־הָעָם מִצְרַיְמָה לְמַעַן הַרְבּוֹת סוּס וַיהֹוָה אָמַר לָכֶם לֹא תֹסִפוּן לָשׁוּב בַּדֶּרֶךְ הַזֶּה עוֹד׃
Moreover, he shall not keep many horses or send people back to Egypt to add to his horses, since GOD has warned you, “You must not go back that way again.”
Targum Onkelos
לְחוֹד לָא יַסְגֵּי לֵיהּ סוּסָוָן וְלָא יָתִיב יָת עַמָּא לְמִצְרַיִם בְּדִיל לְאַסְגָּאָה סוּסָוָן וַייָ אֲמַר לְכוֹן לָא תֵיסְפוּן לִמְתָּב בְּאוֹרְחָא הָדָא עוֹד׃
However, he must not acquire an abundance of horses for himself so that he will not return the people to Egypt in order to acquire an abundance of horses, because Adonoy told you, ‘‘You are not to proceed to return along this route again.’’
- Deuteronomy 17:17
וְלֹא יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ נָשִׁים וְלֹא יָסוּר לְבָבוֹ וְכֶסֶף וְזָהָב לֹא יַרְבֶּה־לּוֹ מְאֹד׃
And he shall not have many wives, lest his heart go astray; nor shall he amass silver and gold to excess.
Targum Onkelos
וְלָא יַסְגֵּי לֵיהּ נְשִׁין וְלָא יִטְעֵי לִבֵּיהּ וְכַסְפָּא וְדַהְבָּא לָא יַסְגֵּי לֵיהּ לַחְדָּא׃
And he is not to acquire an abundance of wives for himself so that his heart will not veer; and silver and gold he may not accumulate for himself in great abundance.
- Deuteronomy 17:18
וְהָיָה כְשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ וְכָתַב לוֹ אֶת־מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת עַל־סֵפֶר מִלִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם׃
When he is seated on his royal throne, he shall have a copy of this Teaching written for him on a scroll by the levitical priests.
Targum Onkelos
וִיהֵי כְמִתְּבֵיהּ עַל כּוּרְסֵי מַלְכוּתֵיהּ וְיִכְתּוֹב לֵיהּ יָת פַּרְשְׁגַן אוֹרָיְתָא הָדָא עַל סִפְרָא מִן קֳדָם כָּהֲנַיָּא לֵיוָאֵי׃
It shall be, that when he occupies the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself a duplicate of this Torah in a scroll form [the scroll] before the kohanim—the Levites.
- Deuteronomy 17:19
וְהָיְתָה עִמּוֹ וְקָרָא בוֹ כׇּל־יְמֵי חַיָּיו לְמַעַן יִלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו לִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כׇּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה לַעֲשֹׂתָם׃
Let it remain with him and let him read in it all his life, so that he may learn to revere the ETERNAL his God, to observe faithfully every word of this Teaching as well as these laws.
Targum Onkelos
וּתְהֵי עִמֵּיהּ וִיהֵי קָרֵי בֵיהּ כָּל יוֹמֵי חַיּוֹהִי בְּדִיל דְּיֵילַף לְמִדְחַל קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֵיהּ לְמִטַּר יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמֵי אוֹרָיְתָא הָדָא וְיָת קְיָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין לְמֶעֱבַדְהוֹן׃
It is to accompany him and he is to read in it all the days of his life, in order that he learn to fear [before] Adonoy, his God, to guard every word of this Torah and these statutes to fulfill them;
- Deuteronomy 17:20
לְבִלְתִּי רוּם־לְבָבוֹ מֵאֶחָיו וּלְבִלְתִּי סוּר מִן־הַמִּצְוָה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים עַל־מַמְלַכְתּוֹ הוּא וּבָנָיו בְּקֶרֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
Thus he will not act haughtily toward his fellows or deviate from the Instruction to the right or to the left, to the end that he and his descendants may reign long in the midst of Israel.
Targum Onkelos
בְּדִיל דְּלָא יִירַם לִבֵּיהּ מֵאֲחוֹהִי וּבְדִיל דְּלָא יִסְטֵי מִן תַּפְקֵידְתָּא לְיַמִּינָא וְלִשְׂמָאלָא בְּדִיל דְּיוֹרֵיךְ יוֹמִין עַל מַלְכוּתֵיהּ הוּא וּבְנוֹהִי בְּגוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
That his pride not increase over his brothers and he does not stray from the commandment right or left; so that the days of his reign are lengthy over his kingdom, he and his sons within Yisroel.