Midrash for Sanhedrin 43:11
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אין רוכבין על סוסו ואין יושבין על כסאו ואין משתמשין בשרביטו ואין רואין אותו כשהוא מסתפר ולא כשהוא ערום ולא כשהוא בבית המרחץ שנאמר (דברים יז, טו) שום תשים עליך מלך שתהא אימתו עליך:
— 'Mene', God hasnumbered thy kingdom and brought it to an end. 'Tekel', thou art weighedin the balances and art found wanting. 'Peres', thy kingdom is divided andgiven to the Medes and Persians.</i> Samuel said: [It was written thus:] <i>M-M-T-U-S. N-N-K-F-Y.'A-'A-L-R-N</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The original words here were written vertically, not horizontally, thus:] [H][H][H][H][H] [H][H][H][H][H] [H][H][H][H][H] ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"shall you place over yourself a king": But is it not already written "Place shall you place over yourself a king"? Why, then, "shall you place over yourself a king"? That his awe be over you — whence it was ruled: One is not permitted to ride on his horse or to sit on his throne or to make use of his sceptre or to see him naked or when he is having his hair cut or when he is in the bathhouse.
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