Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy is invoked here as the silent backdrop to Solomon's military buildup — chapter 17 explicitly forbade Israel's kings from multiplying horses, returning to Egypt for them, and amassing silver and gold, all of which Solomon is now doing.

Deuteronomy is the scholarly best guess for what the found scroll contained — Moses' final instructions to Israel, which would have included stark warnings about exactly the kind of idolatry Judah had been practicing.

Deuteronomy is cited here as the source of the covenant curses that have now arrived — Moses' farewell speeches explicitly warned that exile would follow persistent unfaithfulness, and every word proved true.

The term Deuteronomy captures the entire purpose of this book — Moses is not issuing new commands but restating the Law for a generation whose parents received it at Sinai and failed to act on it.

Deuteronomy is identified here as the literary context — Moses' extended farewell speech that includes these war regulations as part of his final guidance.

Deuteronomy as a book converges on this chapter — all of Moses' speeches, laws, and warnings have been building toward this covenant declaration between God and his people before they enter the land.

Deuteronomy is named here as the book containing this darkest of all its warnings — Moses' final speeches culminating in a passage that describes the complete collapse of a civilization.