Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 17:19
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
19. it shall be with him ] Jos 1:8.
that he may learn to fear, etc.] See on Deu 4:10, Deu 14:23.
to keep to do ] See on Deu 5:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. And it shall be with him, &c.] It was the surest way to bring the king to an acquaintance with the Divine law to oblige him to write out a fair copy of it with his own hand, in which he was to read daily. This was essentially necessary, as these laws of God were all permanent, and no Israelitish king could make any new law, the kings of this people being ever considered as only the vice-gerents of Jehovah.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
All the days of his life, i.e. diligently and constantly; neither the greatness of his place, nor the weight and multitude, of his business, shall excuse or hinder him.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And it shall be with him,…. Always, when at home or abroad, sitting on his throne or lying down, or wherever he went, unless in such places where it was not proper to read it, as the Jews observe o: and he shall read therein all the days of his life; every day of his life; meditate on it night and day, as a good man does, that he might be well versed in it, and know how to govern his people according to it:
that he may learn to, fear the Lord his God; to serve and worship him both internally and externally, he having the fear of God always before his eyes, and on his heart, which the holy law of God directs to and instructs in:
to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them; not only such as concerned him as a king, but all others that concerned him as a man, a creature subject to the Lord, and as an Israelite belonging to the church and commonwealth of Israel, and so includes all laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial.
o Maimon. Hilchot Melachim, c. 3. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ver. 19. It shall be with him, and he shall read therein, &c. He shall carry it always with him: and, says Maimonides, instead of losing his time in feasting and idle diversions, he shall apply himself to the study of the law of his God. But how these orders were observed, we may judge from the example of Josiah, who, when he was near sixteen years of age, had not so much as ever seen a copy of the law, the original of which he found in the temple, where it had lain long neglected. See 2Ch 34:18; 2Ch 34:33.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Deu 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Ver. 19. And it shall be with him. ] As his Vade-mecum, his manual, his running library, the man of his counsel. Luther said, he would not live in Paradise without the Bible, as with it he could easily live in hell itself. a
a Tom. 4, Oper. Latin., p. 424.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
fear
(See Scofield “Psa 19:9”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Deu 6:6-9, Deu 11:18, Jos 1:8, Psa 1:2, Psa 119:97-100, Joh 5:39, 2Ti 3:15-17
Reciprocal: Deu 1:5 – to declare Deu 4:44 – General 1Ki 2:2 – be thou 2Ch 34:14 – the law 2Ch 34:18 – And Shaphan read Ezr 7:14 – according Ezr 10:14 – our rulers Act 8:28 – and sitting 1Ti 4:13 – to reading