1 Kings 20:8

8 And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not [to him], nor consent.

1 Kings 20:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:8

And all the elders and all the people said unto him
They were unanimous in their advice:

hearken not [unto him], nor consent;
promising, no doubt, that they would stand by him.

1 Kings 20:8 In-Context

6 Yet I will send my servants to thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatever is pleasant in thy eyes, they shall take [it] in their hand, and carry [it] away.

7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeketh mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I denied him not.

8 And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not [to him], nor consent.

9 Wherefore he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first, I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

10 And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.