The stakes are high!

And because the king is thus nothing but a representative of the divine ruler, rebellion is not simply described as an act of disobedience towards a human master but is regarded as insubordination against the god himself.—Bertil Albrektson, History and the Gods: An Essay on the Idea of Historical Events as Divine Manifestations in the Ancient Near East and in Israel, 49

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Sadly, this book is out of print again. I guess Eisenbrauns lost the rights to it; it's not on their site anymore—and I can't find it at any other publisher's site. Some of the book-selling sites (e.g., B&N, AZ) still list it with Eisenbrauns as the supplier, so they must have a few in stock yet.