1 Kings 2:43 - Easy To Read Version

⁴³ Why did you break your promise? Why did you not obey my command?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴³ Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the command with which I have charged you?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Common English Bible

⁴³ Why didn’t you keep your solemn promise to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ Then why have you not kept the oath to the Lord, and the commandment which I instructed to you?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴³ Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?

1 Kings 2:43 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 21:2

The Gibeonites were not Israelites. They were a group of Amorites. The Israelites had promised them {that they would not hurt the Gibeonites}. [120] But Saul tried to kill the Gibeonites. He did this because of his strong feelings for the people of Israel and Judah.)

1 Kings 2:42

So Solomon sent for him. Solomon said, “I used the Lord’s name and swore (promised) that you would die if you left Jerusalem. I warned you that if you went anywhere, your death would be your own fault. And you agreed to what I said. You said that you would obey me.

1 Kings 2:44

You know the many wrong things you did against my father David. Now the Lord will punish you for those wrong things.

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also, in Judah God’s power united the people so that they would obey the king and his officials. In this way they obeyed the word of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say you should always obey the king’s command. Do this because you made a promise to God.

Romans 13:5

So you must obey the government. You should obey because you might be punished if you don’t obey. And you should also obey because you know that is the right thing to do.