Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these {things}, he shall not escape.

I {counsel thee} to keep the king's commandment, and {that} in regard of the oath of God.

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Wherefore {ye} must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites {were} not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

I {counsel thee} to keep the king's commandment, and {that} in regard of the oath of God.