Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Their feet are swift to shed blood:

And the way of peace have they not known: