"Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?" — 1 Kings 2:43

1 Kings 2:43 · KJV

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

— 1 Kings 2:43

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word {that} I have heard {is} good.

Verse 44

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

1 Kings 2 — Context

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

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

And king Solomon {shall be} blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I {counsel thee} to keep the king's commandment, and {that} in regard of the oath of God.

Ezekiel 17:18-19

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these {things}, he shall not escape.

2 Samuel 21:2

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites {were} not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Romans 13:5

Wherefore {ye} must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

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