The messenger who came to me at Ziklag and told me of Saul's death thought he was bringing good news. I seized him and had him put to death. That was the reward I gave him for his good news!

David gave the order, and his soldiers killed Rechab and Baanah and cut off their hands and feet, which they hung up near the pool in Hebron. They took Ishbosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb there at Hebron.

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, "Go ahead, kill them!" But the boy did not draw his sword. He hesitated, because he was still only a boy.

Then he said to the guards standing near him, "Kill the LORD's priests! They conspired with David and did not tell me that he had run away, even though they knew it all along." But the guards refused to lift a hand to kill the LORD's priests.

So Saul said to Doeg, "You kill them!"---and Doeg killed them all. On that day he killed eighty-five priests who were qualified to carry the ephod.

So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah, who went out and killed Adonijah.

So Benaiah went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and killed Joab, and he was buried at his home in the open country.

Then the king gave orders to Benaiah, who went out and killed Shimei. Solomon was now in complete control.

He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;

Wicked people do not really gain anything, but if you do what is right, you are certain to be rewarded.