It is being written and redacted at a time when there is a king in Israel, there have been kings in Israel, and it is providing laws for the construction of an ideal monarchy.

它是在以色列有国王的时候写成并编辑的，以色列曾有过国王，它为建立君主理念提供了律法。

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And that conviction is going to color its presentation, its evaluation and its interpretation of Israel's history and her kings from Joshua right through to 2 Kings.

这一认定将会影响它的描述，它的评估和它对以色列历史的解读,以及它的国王们，从《约书亚》一直到《列王记》

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He was the king of Israel and he coveted Uriah's wife Bathsheba.

以色列的国王,他对乌利亚的妻子Bathsheba垂涎三尺。

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