"Whythen have you not keptthe oathof the LORD,and the commandwhichI have laidon you?"
So the kingcalledthe Gibeonitesand spoketo them (now the Gibeoniteswere not of the sonsof Israelbut of the remnantof the Amorites,and the sonsof Israelmadea covenantwith them, but Saulhad soughtto killthem in his zealfor the sonsof Israeland Judah).
So the kingsentand calledfor Shimeiand saidto him, "Did I not make you swearby the LORDand solemnlywarnyou, saying,'You will knowfor certainthat on the dayyou departand goanywhere,you shall surelydie?And you saidto me, 'The wordwhich I have heardis good.'
The kingalso saidto Shimei,"You knowallthe evilwhichyou acknowledgein your heart,whichyou didto my fatherDavid;therefore the LORDshall returnyour evilon your own head.
The handof Godwas alsoon Judahto givethem oneheartto dowhatthe kingand the princescommandedby the wordof the LORD.
I say, "Keepthe commandof the kingbecauseof the oathbefore God.
Thereforeit is necessaryto be in subjection,not onlybecauseof wrath,but alsofor conscience'sake.
