1 Kings 20:7
Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
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 unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
Note I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him
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.”
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 unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- all the elders
- 1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 5:7; 1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1; Proverbs 11:14
- Mark
- 2 Kings 5:7
- seeketh mischief
- Job 15:35; Psalm 7:14; Psalm 36:4; Psalm 62:3; Psalm 140:2; Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 11:27; Proverbs 24:2; Daniel 11:27; Romans 3:13–18
- denied him not
- Heb. kept not back from him.
- 1 Kings 20:4