1 Kings 2:43

New American Bible - revised edition

Why, then, have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the command that I gave you?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but survivors of the Amorites; and although the Israelites had given them their oath, Saul had sought to kill them off in his zeal for the Israelites and for Judah.)

1 Kings 2:42

the king summoned Shimei and said to him: “Did I not have you swear by the Lord and warn you clearly, ‘The day you leave and go anywhere else, be certain you shall surely die’? And you answered, ‘I accept and obey.’

1 Kings 2:44

And the king said to Shimei: “In your heart you know very well the evil that you did to David my father. Now the Lord is bringing your own evil upon your head.

2 Chronicles 30:12

In Judah, however, the hand of God brought it about that the people were of one heart to carry out the command of the king and the princes by the word of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Observe the command of the king, in view of your oath to God.

Romans 13:5

Therefore, it is necessary to be subject not only because of the wrath but also because of conscience.