1 Kings 2:43

2:43 Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?” ¹ 

1 Kings 2:1

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, ²  he told ³  Solomon his son:

1 Kings 1:24

1:24 Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

Ezekiel 17:13-20

17:13 He took one from the royal family, ⁴  made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. ⁵  He then took the leaders of the land 17:14 so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand. 17:15 But this one from Israel’s royal family ⁶  rebelled against the king of Babylon ⁷  by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ⁸  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die! 17:17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help ⁹  him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people. 17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ¹⁰  – he gave his promise ¹¹  and did all these things – he will not escape!

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ¹²  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant! 17:20 I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

Romans 13:5

13:5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities ¹³  but also because of your conscience. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “Why have you not kept the oath [to] the Lord and the commandment I commanded you?”

² tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

³ tn Or “commanded.”

⁴ tn Or “descendants”; Heb “seed” (cf. v. 5).

⁵ tn Heb “caused him to enter into an oath.”

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “place.”

⁹ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.

¹¹ sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).

¹² tn Heb “place it on his head.”

¹³ tn Grk “its wrath”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Grk “because of (the) conscience,” but the English possessive “your” helps to show whose conscience the context implies.