What Makes a King?

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Advice given to king George from his father Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1749,

If you can be without War, let not your ambition draw you into it. A good deal of the National Debt must be pay'd off, before England enters into a War

Whenever the Crown comes into your hands employ all your hands, all your power, to live with Economy

Flatterers, Courtiers, or Ministers, are easy to be got, but a true Friend is difficult to be found

Let your Treasury speak with firmness to the Companies and Monied Men. Let it be shewn to them that it is your earnest desire, to support the credit of the nation, but that for so doing, you expect their assistance and support, to ease the Land of the vast Burthen it is loaded with, which can only be done by reducing the national interest

If you can do so, you will be able to reduce the National Debt, which if not done, will surely one time or other, create such a disaffection, and despair, that I dread the consequences for you, my Dear Son

I know that you will have always the greatest respect for your good mother, as I have already exhorted to you in the Will; and all you can do, consistently with your own interest, for your Brothers and Sisters, you certainly will do.

“I laugh in the face of danger.” – Simba (The once and future king)

“Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.” – Mufasa

This text includes 23 mitzvot according the the Rambam that pertain a king; ten positive commandments and thirteen negative commandments.

They are:

1) The obligation to appoint a king in Israel;

2) The prohibition against appointing a convert as king;

3) The prohibition against the king marrying many wives;

4) The prohibition against the king accumulating many horses;

5) The prohibition against the king amassing too much silver and gold;

6) The obligation to destroy the seven nations living in the Land of Canaan;

7) The prohibition against allowing any one of them to remain alive;

8) The obligation to destroy the descendents of Amalek;

9) The obligation to remember what Amalek did;

10) The prohibition against forgetting Amalek's evil deeds, including his ambush against the Israelites during their journey from Egypt to Israel;

l l) The prohibition against dwelling in Egypt;

12) The obligation to offer peace to the inhabitants of a city when besieging it; to carry out the laws governing the siege as prescribed in the Torah, in particular, the laws applying if the enemy agrees to surrender and those applying if it refuses;

13) The prohibition against offering peace to Ammon and Moab, in contrast to other nations, when besieging them;

14) The prohibition against destroying fruit-bearing trees during a siege;

15) The obligation to set up a latrine outside an army camp;

16) The obligation to carry a spike to dig with;

17) The obligation to anoint a priest to speak to the troops in the event of war;

18) The obligation to allow those who have consecrated wives, built houses, or planted vineyards to rejoice in their new status for a complete year, while releasing them from military conscription;

19) The prohibition against asking those mentioned in the previous category to perform any duties, including handling the needs of one's city or providing supplies to the troops during that year;

20) The obligation not to become frightened, nor to flee in the midst of battle;

21) The prohibitions and obligations regarding a yefat toar, a Gentile woman with whom the Torah allows relations in wartime;

22) The prohibition against selling a yefat toar;

23) The prohibition against subjugating her to perform menial duties after having relations with her.

Knowing what we know about kings how do we relate to G-d as our king?

Specifically, how does this concept of kingship relate to Rosh Hashana?