Exodus 1:18

Then called the king of Egypt for the midwives, and said to them - Wherefore have ye done this thing, that ye should let the male children live?

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying - Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you - Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear, - have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Where the word of a king is, there is power, - who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?

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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 Absolom had commanded his young men, saying - Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you - Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear, - have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king is, there is power, - who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?