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 2:1
David’s Final Words to Solomon
2:1 When David was close to death, he told 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,
made a treaty with him, and put him under oath.
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
rebelled against the king of Babylon
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 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 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 – he gave his promise 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 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
but also because of your conscience.