2 Samuel 19:23

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So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9 : 8 Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword. 9 But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.
  • 1 Kgs 2:37 : 37 For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head.
  • 1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
  • 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.
  • 1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:41-44
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    41And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again.

    42Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

    43Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?

    44And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9
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    8Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

    9But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-22
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    21But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

    22And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-38
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    36Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

    37For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head.

    38And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 1:29-31
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    29And the king took an oath, and said, By the living Lord, who has been my saviour from all my troubles,

    30As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

    31Then Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour, and said, May my lord King David go on living for ever.

  • 2 Sam 19:18-19
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    18And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,

    19And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

  • 1 Sam 19:6
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    6And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-24
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    23Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

    24Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

  • 1 Sam 24:21-22
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    21And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

    22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 2 Sam 14:10
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    10And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

  • 2 Sam 21:7
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    7But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 16:5
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    5And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

  • 1 Sam 20:2
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    2And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

  • 1 Sam 26:9-10
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    9And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

    10And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

  • 2 Sam 12:13
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    13And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.

  • 1 Sam 28:10
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    10And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

  • 2 Sam 19:38
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    38And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you: and whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.

  • 1 Sam 24:18
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    18And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

  • 2 Sam 19:16
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    16And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
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    17And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

  • 2 Sam 19:29
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    29And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.

  • 2 Sam 16:13
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    13So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.

  • Jer 38:16
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    16So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.

  • 2 Sam 19:24-25
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    24And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

    25Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

  • 2 Sam 15:21
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    21And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

  • 1 Sam 26:23
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    23And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • Ps 132:11
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    11The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

  • Ps 89:35
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    35I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

  • 2 Sam 1:16
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    16And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 2 Sam 16:7
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    7And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

  • 2 Sam 16:10
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    10And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

  • 1 Sam 30:15
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    15And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

  • Jer 34:4
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    4But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:

  • 1 Sam 20:31
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    31For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

  • 1 Sam 20:15
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    15And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.