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King James Version

1 Kings 2:43

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Government;   Homicide;   Shimei;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Punishments;   Swearing Falsely;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Shimel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achish;   Bahurim;   Benaiah;   Cities of Refuge;   Court Systems;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Reuben;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benaiah ;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shimei;   Talent;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shim'ei;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ass;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shimei;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Achish;   Mordecai;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So why have you not kept the Lord’s oath and the command that I gave you?”
Hebrew Names Version
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the mitzvah that I have charged you with?
English Standard Version
Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?"
New Century Version
Why did you break your promise to the Lord and disobey my command?"
New English Translation
Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?"
Amplified Bible
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I gave you?"
New American Standard Bible
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I imposed on you?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Why then hast thou not kept the othe of the Lorde, and the commandement wherewith I charged thee?
Legacy Standard Bible
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the command which I have commanded you?"
Contemporary English Version
You have disobeyed me and have broken the promise you made to the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
Why, then, haven't you kept the oath of Adonai and the mitzvah I charged you with?"
Darby Translation
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?
Easy-to-Read Version
So why didn't you obey me? Why did you break your promise to the Lord ?
George Lamsa Translation
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have charged you with?
Good News Translation
Why, then, have you broken your promise and disobeyed my command?
Lexham English Bible
Why have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the command which I commanded you?"
Literal Translation
And why have you not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I commanded you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE, and commaundement that I commaunded the?
American Standard Version
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Bible in Basic English
Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Why then hast thou not kept the oth of the Lorde, and the commaundement that I charged thee withall?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?'
King James Version (1611)
Why then hast thou not kept the Oath of the Lord, and the commandement that I haue charged thee with?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded thee?
English Revised Version
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Berean Standard Bible
So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whi therfor keptist thou not the ooth of the Lord, and the comaundement which Y comaundide to thee?
Young's Literal Translation
and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?'
Update Bible Version
Why then haven't you kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
Webster's Bible Translation
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
World English Bible
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
New King James Version
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I gave you?"
New Living Translation
Then why haven't you kept your oath to the Lord and obeyed my command?"
New Life Bible
Then why have you not kept the promise of the Lord? Why have you not done what I told you?"
New Revised Standard
Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I charged you?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Why then, hast thou not kept the oath of Yahweh, - and the charge which I laid upon thee?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?
Revised Standard Version
Why then have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the commandment with which I charged you?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I have laid on you?"

Contextual Overview

35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. 36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord , and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord , and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why: 2 Samuel 21:2, Ezekiel 17:18, Ezekiel 17:19

commandment: 2 Chronicles 30:12, Ecclesiastes 8:2, Romans 13:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:11 - an oath of the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord,.... Which was made by him, and in his presence, and in which he was appealed to, and so by not keeping it was guilty of perjury:

and the commandment that I have charged thee with? and so guilty of disobedience to him as his sovereign; for which two reasons he ought to die.


 
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