1 Kings 2:43

Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the command which I have laid on you?”

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).

2 Chronicles 30:12

The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

Ezekiel 17:18-19

Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”

Romans 13:5

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Kings 2:43

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

Why

2 Samuel 21:2

Ezekiel 17:18

Commandment

2 Chronicles 30:12

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Romans 13:5

Bible References

Why

Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he

pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”

Commandment

The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.