And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and his own house after twenty years, that King Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel in Zion, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the City of David, this is Zion,

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, [that] he tore his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, [able] to kill and to make alive, that this [man] sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Consider, however, and see that this [man] seeks an occasion against me.

And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, [and with] every commander.

And David assembled all the chief [men] of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all the chief [men] of the courses [of attendance] on the person of the king, and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the masters of his property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.

They that have no guidance fall like leaves, but in much counsel there is safety.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, [that] he tore his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, [able] to kill and to make alive, that this [man] sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Consider, however, and see that this [man] seeks an occasion against me.

And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

Behold, [the wicked] has travailed with unrighteousness; he has conceived trouble, and has brought forth iniquity.

He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

How long will you assault a man? You are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.

Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war.

[His] perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

He that devises good [counsels] seeks good favor, but as for him that seeks after evil, [evil] shall overtake him.

For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak of mischief.

And [as for] both the kings, their hearts [are set] upon evil, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a [fixed] time.

"Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " [the] poison of asps is under their lips";

Their feet are swift to shed blood;

And the way of peace they did not know.