1 Kings 20:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Look now! See how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Notice now and see how this man is seeking our destruction. He sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then Israel’s king called all the elders of the land and he said, “Please know and understand the evil this man wants to do! He demanded from me my wives and sons, and my silver and gold; and I didn’t refuse him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and he said: "Let your souls take heed, and see that he commits treachery against us. For he sent to me for my wives and sons, and for silver and gold. And I did not refuse."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold: and I said not nay.

1 Kings 20:7 Cross References

1 Kings 20:6

now I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants and lay hands on whatever pleases them and take it away.”

1 Kings 20:8

Then all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal; she sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.”

1 Chronicles 13:1

David consulted with the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, with every leader.

1 Chronicles 28:1

David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of the thousands, the commanders of the hundreds, the stewards of all the property and cattle of the king, and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty warriors, and all the warriors.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief and bring forth evil, and their belly prepares deceit.”

Psalm 140:2

who plan evil things in their minds and stir up wars continually.

Psalm 36:4

They plot mischief while on their beds; they are set on a way that is not good; they do not reject evil.

Psalm 62:3

How long will you assail a person, will you batter your victim, all of you, as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

Psalm 7:14

See how they conceive evil and are pregnant with mischief and bring forth lies.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 11:27

Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to the one who searches for it.

Proverbs 24:2

for their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of mischief.

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

Daniel 11:27

The two kings, their minds bent on evil, shall sit at one table and exchange lies. But it shall not succeed, for there remains an end at the time appointed.