18. When he becomes king, he is to have a copy of the book of God's laws and teachings made from the original copy kept by the levitical priests.
19. He is to keep this book near him and read from it all his life, so that he will learn to honour the Lord and to obey faithfully everything that is commanded in it.
20. This will keep him from thinking that he is better than his fellow-Israelites and from disobeying the Lord's commands in any way. Then he will reign for many years, and his descendants will rule Israel for many generations.