1 Kings 2:43
1 Kings chapter 2 · verse 43 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Context
v.42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is good.
v.43This passage
v.44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 for the children of Israel and Judah);
- Ezekiel 17:18
For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.
- Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
- Romans 13:5
Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12
Also upon 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 Jehovah.