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1Ki 2:43 — Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Why		2Sa 21:2; Eze 17:18,19
commandment		2Ch 30:12; Ecc 8:2; Rom 13:5

Correlating Passages

Why

	2Sa 21:2	And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
	Eze 17:18	Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape.
	Eze 17:19	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

commandment

	2Ch 30:12	Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
	Ecc 8:2	I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.
	Rom 13:5	Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 2:43," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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