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Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Look now! See how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”(A)

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When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.”(A)

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13 “Their throats are opened graves;
    they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of vipers is under their lips.”(A)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;(B)
16     ruin and misery are in their paths,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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27 The two kings, their minds bent on evil, shall sit at one table and exchange lies. But it shall not succeed, for there remains an end at the time appointed.(A)

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for their minds devise violence,
    and their lips talk of mischief.(A)

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27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
    but evil comes to the one who searches for it.(A)

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14 Where there is no guidance, a nation[a] falls,
    but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.14 Or an army

14 with perverted mind devising evil,
    continually sowing discord;(A)

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who plan evil things in their minds
    and stir up wars continually.(A)

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How long will you assail a person,
    will you batter your victim, all of you,
    as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?(A)

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They plot mischief while on their beds;
    they are set on a way that is not good;
    they do not reject evil.(A)

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14 See how they conceive evil
    and are pregnant with mischief
    and bring forth lies.(A)

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35 They conceive mischief and bring forth evil,
    and their belly prepares deceit.”(A)

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Solomon Instructed to Build the Temple

28 David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of the thousands, the commanders of the hundreds, the stewards of all the property and cattle of the king, and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty warriors, and all the warriors.(A)

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The Ark Brought from Kiriath-jearim

13 David consulted with the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, with every leader.

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Dedication of the Temple

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.(A)

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