1 Kings 20:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 [a]Or else I will send my servants unto thee by tomorrow this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants: and whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall take it in their hands, and bring it away.
7 Then the King of Israel sent for all the Elders of the land, and said, Take heed, I pray you, and see how he 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.
8 And all the Elders, and all the people said to him, Hearken [b]not unto him, nor consent.
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- 1 Kings 20:6 He would not accept his answer except he did out of hand deliver whatsoever he should ask, for he sought an occasion how to make war against him.
- 1 Kings 20:8 They thought it their duties rather to venture their lives, than to grant to that thing which was not lawful, only to satisfy the lust of a tyrant.
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