I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that for the sake of your oath to God.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
I. Protestants add, counsel thee, to keep "Obey the king and God. "(Haydock) (1 Peter ii. 17.)
Solomon proposes his own example, or speaks in the name of the just.
God. The law of Moses, confirmed with an oath, or the engagement to be faithful to the king, 2 Kings vi. 3., and 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 24.
