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1 Kings 2:43

1 Kings 2:43 is verse 43 of 1 Kings chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

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King James Version

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

World English Bible

Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”

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1 Kings 2:41–45 · Berean Standard Bible

41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,

42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’

43 So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

44 The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.

45 But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”

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Hebrew words

וּמַדּ֕וּעַand why?לֹ֣אnot שָׁמַ֔רְתָּhave you kept אֵ֖ת<obj.>שְׁבֻעַ֣ת[the] oath of יְהוָ֑הYahweh וְאֶתand <obj.>הַמִּצְוָ֖הthe command אֲשֶׁרwhich צִוִּ֥יתִיI commanded עָלֶֽיךָto you

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Samuel 21:2
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

Ezekiel 17:18
He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

2 Chronicles 30:12
Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 8:2
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Romans 13:5
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

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