מלכים א 20:8

Hebrew Modern Translation

ויאמרו אליו כל הזקנים וכל העם אל תשמע ולוא תאבה׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ויאמרו אליו כל הזקנים וכל העם אל תשמע ולוא תאבה

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלָ֛יו כָּל־הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים וְכָל־הָעָ֑ם אַל־תִּשְׁמַ֖ע וְלֹ֥וא תֹאבֶֽה ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל־הַזְּקֵנִים וְכָל־הָעָם אַל־תִּשְׁמַע וְלוֹא תֹאבֶֽה ׃

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the elders and all the people said unto him,.... They were unanimous in their advice:

hearken not [unto him], nor consent; promising, no doubt, that they would stand by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“The people” had no distinct place in the ordinary Jewish or Israelite constitution; but they were accustomed to signify their approbation or disapprobation of the decisions of the elders by acclamations or complaints (Joshua 9:18; Judges 11:11, etc.).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 20:8. Hearken not unto him — The elders had every thing at stake, and they chose rather to make a desperate defense than tamely to yield to such degrading and ruinous conditions.