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 Kings 8:24

8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 13:21

13:21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you.

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

tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 21-22 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 21-22a) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 22b). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord.