"So nowcome,pleaselet me giveyou counseland saveyour lifeand the lifeof your sonSolomon.
When they had broughtthem outside,one said,"Escapefor your life!Do not lookbehindyou, and do not stayanywherein the valley;escapeto the mountains,oryou will be sweptaway."
"Goat onceto KingDavidand sayto him, 'Have you not, my lord,O king,swornto your maidservant,saying,"SurelySolomonyour sonshall be kingafterme, and he shall siton my throne"? Whythen has Adonijahbecomeking?'
"Otherwise it will comeabout, as soon as my lordthe kingsleepswith his fathers,that I and my sonSolomonwill be considered offenders."
When Athaliahthe motherof Ahaziahsawthat her sonwas dead,she roseand destroyedallthe royaloffspring.
Now when Jehoramhad takenoverthe kingdomof his fatherand madehimself secure,he killedallhis brotherswith the sword,and someof the rulersof Israelalso.
Now when Athaliahthe motherof Ahaziahsawthat her sonwas dead,she roseand destroyedallthe royaloffspringof the houseof Judah.
Where thereis noguidancethe peoplefall,But in abundanceof counselorsthere is victory.
Withoutconsultation,plansare frustrated,But with manycounselorsthey succeed.
Prepareplansby consultation,And makewarby wiseguidance.
Oiland perfumemakethe heartglad,So a man'scounselis sweetto his friend.
Then Jeremiahsaidto Zedekiah,"IfI tellyou, will you not certainlyputme to death?Besides, ifI giveyou advice,you will not listento me."
"But when the vine-growerssawthe son,they saidamongthemselves,'Thisis the heir;come,let us killhim and seizehis inheritance.'
Paulsaidto the centurionand to the soldiers,"Unlessthese menremainin the ship,you yourselvescannotbe saved."
Then he wentto his father'shouseat Ophrahand killedhis brothersthe sonsof Jerubbaal,seventymen,on onestone.But Jothamthe youngestsonof Jerubbaalwas left,for he hidhimself.
