In Context

5 The messengers came again, and said, |Ben Hadad says, 'I sent indeed to you, saying, |You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;

6 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.|'|

7 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.|

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

9 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, |Tell my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do.'| The messengers departed, and brought him back the message.

10 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 who follow me.|

1 Kings 20:8 in Other Translations