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How can we account for the "Book of the Law" suddenly being discovered during Josiah's renovation of the temple (2 Chron 34:14)? We know from Egypt and Mesopotamia that it was common to seal important documents—including theological documents—in the masonry or foundations of a palace or temple in order to inform a future king who might undertake restoration of the building. What might the...

10:20–21. process of choosing a king. Evidence from Mesopotamia suggests that divination was used to confirm a designated king but not to propose one. Divination was not considered acceptable in Israel. The process used here is more like an oracular process and is very similar to that used in Joshua 7 (see comment on Josh 7:14–18).
1 Samuel 10:20–21
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