⁷ Then the king of Israel called all the ^(A)elders of the land and said, ^(B)“Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

² And he took ten men ^(A)of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.