1-Kings - 2:43



43 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?"

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Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?
and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?'
Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?

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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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