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1 Kings 2:43

Tree of Life Version

Why then haven’t you kept the oath of Adonai and the commandment that I charged you with?”

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So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of Bnei-Yisrael but a remnant of the Amorites; however, Bnei-Yisrael had sworn a covenant with them. Yet Saul had tried to eradicate them in his zeal for Bnei-Yisrael and Judah.)

So the king sent someone and summoned Shimei. He said to him: “Didn’t I make you swear by Adonai and forewarned you, saying: ‘Know for certain that on the day you depart and go anywhere else, you shall surely die’? You even said to me: ‘The saying is good; I have heard it.’

The king added to Shimei: “You know all the evil, which your heart should acknowledge, that you did to my father David. Therefore Adonai will return your evil on your own head.

The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the officials commanded by the word of Adonai.

I say: “Obey the king’s command, and especially in regard to the oath of God.

Therefore it is necessary to be in submission—not only because of punishment but also because of conscience.




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