| Geneva Study Bible I counsel thee to keep the king's {c} commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. (c) That is, that you obey the king and keep the oath that you have made for the same cause. Wesley's Notes 8:2 The oath - Because of that oath which thou hast taken to keep all God's laws, whereof this of obedience to superiors is one. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 2. the king's-Jehovah, peculiarly the king of Israel in the theocracy; Ec 8:3, 4, prove it is not the earthly king who is meant. the oath of God-the covenant which God made with Abraham and renewed with David; Solomon remembered Ps 89:35, "I have sworn," &c. (Ps 89:36), and the penalties if David's children should forsake it (Ps 89:30-32); inflicted on Solomon himself; yet God not "utterly" forsaking him (Ps 89:33, 34). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 8:1-5 None of the rich, the powerful, the honourable, or the accomplished of the sons of men, are so excellent, useful, or happy, as the wise man. Who else can interpret the words of God, or teach aright from his truths and dispensations? What madness must it be for weak and dependent creatures to rebel against the Almighty! What numbers form wrong judgments, and bring misery on themselves, in this life and that to come! | 
