The Rabbis disagreed about the powers of the king. The "Gemara" reported that Judah bar Ezekiel said in Samuel of Nehardea's name that a king was permitted to take all the actions that enumerated, but Abba Arika said that was intended only to frighten the people, citing the emphatic double verb in the words "You shall surely set a king over you" in to indicate that the people would fear the king. The "Gemara" also reported the same dispute among other Tannaim; in this account, Rabbi Jose said that a king was permitted to take all the actions that enumerated, but Rabbi Judah said that was intended only to frighten the people, citing the emphatic double verb in the words "You shall surely set a king over you" in to indicate that the people would fear the king. Rabbi Judah (or others say Rabbi Jose) said that three commandments were given to the Israelites when they entered the land: (1) the commandment of to appoint a king, (2) the commandment of to blot out Amalek, and (3) the commandment of to build the Temple in Jerusalem. Rabbi Nehorai, on the other hand, said that did not command the Israelites to choose a king, but was spoken only in anticipation of the Israelites' future complaints, as says, "And (you) shall say, 'I will set a king over me.'"