Thirty Prerogatives

Thirty Prerogatives

דברים יז ,טו:
ךֶּלֶּמ
ךיֶּלָּע םיִ שָּ ת םֹו ש
Baal HaTurim remarks that the gematria of this phraseשוֹם תָשִׁים עָלֶׁיךָ (1226) is equal to that of שלשים מעלות (thirty prerogatives) to indicate that kingship is acquired with thirty prerogatives.
The Vilna Gaon lists thirty prerogatives of kingship that are mentioned in Nach and thirty more that are listed in the Mishnah:

Shmuel I, Perek 8, verses 11-17:

1. He will reign over the people
2. He will take your sons
3. He will place them on his chariots
4. and in his cavalry
5. and run before his chariot
6. He will appoint captains of 1000’s
7. and captions of 50’s
8. and to plow his furrows
9. and reap his harvest
10. and produce his implements of war
11. and the furnishings of his chariot
12. He will take your daughters
13. as perfumers
14. as cooks
15. and as bakers
16. He will take the best of your fields
17. of your vineyards
18. of your olive trees
19. and he will present them to his servants
20. He will take a tenth of your grains
21. and of your wines
22. and present them to his officers
23. and to his servants
24. He will take your servants
25. and you maid-servants
26. and your best young men
27. and your donkeys
28. and press them into service
29. He will take a tenth of your sheep
30. and your servants will be his slaves

Mishnah Sanhedrin 2:2-5:

1. He cannot be a judge
2. He cannot be judged
3. He cannot testify
4. He cannot be testified against
5. He does not do Chalitzah
6. Chalitzah is not done with his wife
7. He does not do Yibum
8. Yibum is not done to his wife
9. No one may marry his widow
10. He does not leave his palace for a dead relative
11. At the mourner’s meal, he sits on a dargash (low seat) and others sit on the floor
12. He may wage an optional war with the consent of the Sanhedrin
13. No one may stop him from making a path for himself
14. His path has no limits
15. During war all the plunder is placed before him
16. and he takes the first portion
17. He does not take too many wives
18. nor too many horses
19. nor too silver and gold
20. He writes a Sefer Torah for himself
21. and takes it out to war
22. and brings it back
23. and it sits with him in judgment
24. and it is before him when he reclines
25. No one may ride on his horse
26. No one may sit on his throne
27. No one may use his scepter
28. No one can see his haircutting
29. No one may see him naked
30. No one may see him in the bathhouse