King James Version (KJV)
1 Kings 2:43
“Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 2
And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
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.
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
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;
And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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