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1 Kings 2:43

Integrity

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.’

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
KJV
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
WEB
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”
ASV
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
DARBY
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?
BLB
And why have not you kept the oath of YHWH and the commandment that I commanded concerning you?”
ÅB
Hvorfor har du da ikke holdt deg etter den ed som var svoret ved Herren, og det bud jeg gav deg?
OTB
Hvorfor har du ikke holdt Herrens ed og det budet jeg ga deg?"
B1930
Hvorfor har du da ikke holdt dig efter den ed som var svoret ved Herren, og det bud jeg gav dig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 17:18–19

    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!’

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  • 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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  • 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.

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  • 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.)

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:2

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

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