[Avodah] Parshat hamelech

[Rich, Joel]

I was struck by (Rashi's explanation of) Rav's statement (Sanhedrin 20b)
that parshat hamelech was to scare the people but that the king did not
really have the power to do these things.  It's hard to understand how
Shmuel Hanavi could have said these things to the people if they weren't
in the king's power. Has anyone heard anything on this (e.g. why this
qualifies for mshaneh mpnei hashalom)

KT
Joel Rich
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