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1 Kings 2:43

Integrity

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

42 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.

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

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;

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

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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.

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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

    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.

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  • Romans 13:5

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.)

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:2

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

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