⁷ Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Please notice how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.

⁷ It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

¹³ "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"

¹⁴ "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

¹⁵ "Their feet are swift to shed blood.

¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways.

¹⁷ The way of peace, they haven't known."

¹⁸ "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

²⁷ As for both these kings, their 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.

² For their hearts plot violence, And their lips talk about mischief.

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

¹⁴ Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, But in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

¹⁴ In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.

² Those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

³ How long will you assault a man, Would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

⁴ He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He doesn't abhor evil.

¹⁴ Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, And brought forth falsehood.

³⁵ They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

¹ David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.

¹ David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

¹ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.