Deuteronomy 17:18-20
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.
God knew His people would want a king. But it had to be the king God chooses for them. This king would be different from other kings. Besides not acquiring many horses or accumulating large amounts of silver and gold, there is this requirement. I'm guessing here, but I'd say the position of king for Israel was supposed to be more like an executive director or facilitator of God's will and not "royalty" as we think of them. The king had to hand write a copy of the law. One thing this would do for sure is make it so he couldn't say he didn't know what the laws were. This also would help him recognize all God has done for His people and help him always remember. I need to make sure I always remember, too.
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