The produce false criminal charges against those who only do what is right.
Exactly!
Solomon hated slanderers. He thought he had wiped them out in his kingdom.
“A good man will always prevail over slander.” [paraphrases] His success as king is why Americans have trouble believing slander ever works.
Solomon also said it is necessary to hunt them down, that slander is as deadly as a thousand swords, and that you should destroy them.