Verse 43
1 Kings 2:43
Noah Webster Bible
43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מַדּ֕וּעַ לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ אֵ֖ת שְׁבֻעַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְ/אֶת הַ/מִּצְוָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר צִוִּ֥יתִי עָלֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And why have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the command that I commanded you?
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
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And keep the charge of the LORD thy God (Elohim), to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his...
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That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed...
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Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two capta...
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
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7
But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy t...
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8
And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with...
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9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do...
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10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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11
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and...
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12
Then Solomon was seated upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly...
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13
And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou...
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14
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say to thee. And she said, Say on.
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15
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that...
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And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.
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And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say to thee no,) that he give...
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And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.
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19
Bath-sheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to mee...
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20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee , deny me not. And the king said to...
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21
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunamite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.
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22
And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunamite for Ad...
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23
Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God (Elohim) do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah ha...
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Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my fat...
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25
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
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And to Abiathar the priest said the king, Depart to Anathoth, to thy own fields; for thou art worthy...
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So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD; that he might fulfill the word of the LOR...
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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. A...
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And it was told to king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; and behold, he is...
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30
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said to him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. An...
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31
And the king said to him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take...
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32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and bett...
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33
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: bu...
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34
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own h...
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35
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the army: and Zadok the priest the kin...
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36
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell...
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For it shall be, that on the day thou shalt go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know...
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38
And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant...
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39
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish...
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40
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei w...
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41
And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.
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42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD,...
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43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
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The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that...
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45
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for...
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46
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who went out, and fell upon him, that he died. An...
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