8The elders and the people all answered, "Don't listen to him or agree to his demands."


In Context

5 The messengers came again and said, "This is what Ben-Hadad says: 'I sent to demand your silver and gold, your wives and your children.

6 But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.' "

7 The king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said to them, "See how this man is looking for trouble! When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him."

8 The elders and the people all answered, "Don't listen to him or agree to his demands."

9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell my lord the king, 'Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.' " They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.

10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful."

1st Kings 20:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not [unto him,] nor consent.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8All the elders and all the people said to him, |Don't listen, neither consent.|

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not to him, nor consent.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people say unto him, 'Do not hearken, nor consent.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And all the elders and all the people said to him, Listen not to him, nor consent.