#293 | Melakhim Aleph ch.4 - Government and Taxation

From The Tanakh Podcast: R Alex Israel by R Alex Israel.

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On the face of it, this is a chapter about government and taxation, the organization and administration of the kingdom and its financial bouyancy.

But a deeper read identifies some riveting social history behind the bare statistics, which will have ominous effect a generation on.