Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and allowed the boy babies to live?”

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom commanded his servants, “Notice carefully, when Amnon’s heart is joyous with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not commanded you myself [and in doing so have I not taken full responsibility for his death]? Be courageous and brave.”

Ecclesiastes 8:4


For the word of a king is authoritative and powerful,
And who will say to him, “What are you doing?”

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And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

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2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom commanded his servants, “Notice carefully, when Amnon’s heart is joyous with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not commanded you myself [and in doing so have I not taken full responsibility for his death]? Be courageous and brave.”
Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of a king is authoritative and powerful,
And who will say to him, “What are you doing?”