1 Kings 2:43
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New International Version (©2011)
Why then did you not keep your oath to the LORD and obey the command I gave you?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then why haven't you kept your oath to the LORD and obeyed my command?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
Why then have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the commandment with which I commanded you?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I have laid on you?"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So why have you not kept the LORD's oath and the command that I gave you?"

International Standard Version (©2012)
So why haven't you kept the oath you made to the LORD, and why didn't you obey my personal order to you?"

NET Bible (©2006)
Why then have you broken the oath you made before the LORD and disobeyed the order I gave you?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Why didn't you keep your oath to the LORD and obey the command I gave you?

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

American King James Version
Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with?

American Standard Version
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?

Darby Bible Translation
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I charged thee with?

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

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

World English Bible
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?"

Young's Literal Translation
and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:35-46 The old malignity remains in the unconverted heart, and a watchful eye should be kept on those who, like Shimei, have manifested their enmity, but have given no evidence of repentance. No engagements or dangers will restrain worldly men; they go on, though they forfeit their lives and souls. Let us remember, God will not accommodate his judgment to us. His eye is over us; and let us strive to walk as in his presence. Let our every act, word, and thought, be governed by this great truth, that the hour is quickly coming when the smallest circumstances of our lives shall be brought to light, and our eternal state be fixed by a righteous and unerring God. Thus Solomon's throne was established in peace, as the type of the Redeemer's kingdom of peace and righteousness. And it is a comfort, in reference to the enmity of the church's enemies, that, how much soever they rage, it is a vain thing they imagine. Christ's throne is established, and they cannot shake it.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 43. ? Why them halt thou not kept the oath of the Lord and the commandment that I have charged [Heb. commanded] thee with. ["Shimei ought to have been warned against trifling with Solomon's forbearance by the punishment already inflicted on Adonijah and Joab." Wordsworth.]

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord,.... Which was made by him, and in his presence, and in which he was appealed to, and so by not keeping it was guilty of perjury:

and the commandment that I have charged thee with? and so guilty of disobedience to him as his sovereign; for which two reasons he ought to die.

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The Execution of Shimei
…42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you to swear by the LORD, and protested to you, saying, Know for a certain, on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, that you shall surely die? and you said to me, The word that I have heard is good. 43Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with? 44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness on your own head; …

1 Kings 2:42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, 'On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die'? At that time you said to me, 'What you say is good. I will obey.'
1 Kings 2:44 The king also said to Shimei, "You know in your heart all the wrong you did to my father David. Now the LORD will repay you for your wrongdoing.