1 Kings 2:43

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 The king called the Gibeonites, and said to 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 to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
  • Eccl 8:2 : 2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.
  • Ezek 17:18-19 : 18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.
  • Rom 13:5 : 5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:41-42
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    41It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

    42The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to you, saying, Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying that I have heard is good.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
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    44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-38
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    36The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go forth from there any where.

    37For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know you for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.

    38Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-23
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    21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?

    22David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?

    23The king said to Shimei, You shall not die. The king swore to him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9
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    8Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

    9Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.

  • 1 Sam 15:19
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    19Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?"

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
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    21and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
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    15who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

    16Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.

  • 2 Sam 12:9
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    9Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
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    24who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

    25Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.

  • 2 Sam 19:19
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    19He said to the king, Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 1:13
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    13Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
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    13Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

    14But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.

  • 1 Kgs 11:10-11
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    10and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.

    11Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

  • 2 Chr 18:15
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    15The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
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    23Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

  • Deut 7:11
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    11You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.

  • 1 Kgs 14:8
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    8and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,

  • 1 Kgs 22:16
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    16The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

  • Neh 1:7
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    7we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
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    18Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Yahweh done this thing to you this day.

  • 1 Sam 26:15-16
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    15David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.

    16This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
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    30most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.

  • Jer 42:21
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    21and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

  • Judg 2:2
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    2and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars. But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
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    17She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

  • Deut 27:10
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    10You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day.

  • 2 Sam 15:8
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    8For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

  • 2 Sam 19:25
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    25It happened, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?

  • 2 Sam 1:16
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    16David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
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    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 15:35
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    35Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

  • 2 Chr 7:17
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    17As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;

  • Num 30:2
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    2When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
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    13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against [me].