1 Re 20:7

La Riveduta Bibbia

Allora il re d’Israele chiamò tutti gli anziani del paese, e disse: "Guardate, vi prego, e vedete come quest’uomo cerca la nostra rovina; poiché mi ha mandato a chiedere le mie mogli, i miei figliuoli, il mio argento e il mio oro, ed io non gli ho rifiutato nulla".

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Allora il re dIsraele chiam tutti gli anziani del paese e disse: "Guardate, vi prego, e vedete come questuomo cerca la nostra rovina, perch mi ha mandato a chiedere le mie mogli e i miei figli il mio argento e il mio oro, e io non gli ho rifiutato nulla".

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Allora il re d’Israele chiamò tutti gli Anziani del paese, e disse: Deh! considerate, e vedete come costui cerca il male; perciocchè egli ha mandato a me per aver le mie mogli, e i miei figliuoli, e l’argento mio, e l’oro mio; ed io non gli ho rifiutato nulla.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all the elders: 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 5:7, 1 Chronicles 13:1, 1 Chronicles 28:1, Proverbs 11:14

Mark: 2 Kings 5:7

seeketh mischief: Job 15:35, Psalms 7:14, Psalms 36:4, Psalms 62:3, Psalms 140:2, Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 11:27, Proverbs 24:2, Daniel 11:27, Romans 3:13-18

denied him not: Heb. kept not back from him, 1 Kings 20:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:23 - Be content

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the King of Israel called all the elders of the land,.... His poor sneaking spirit was a little aroused with the last message, and therefore called a council of the elders of the people upon it, which was a piece of wisdom in him:

and said, mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief; nothing less than the entire ruin of the nation:

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; in the sense he understood him, which was, that he was to be a vassal, and tributary to him, for the sake of holding these, which yet was very mean; but he wanted to have these in hand, and not them only, but the pillaging of all his subjects.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The political institution of a Council of elders (Exodus 3:16, etc.), which had belonged to the undivided nation from the sojourn in Egypt downward, had therefore been continued among the ten tribes after their separation, and still held an important place in the system of Government. The Council was not merely called together when the king needed it, but held its regular sittings at the seat of government; and hence, “all the elders of the land” were now present in Samaria. On the “elders of towns,” see 1 Kings 21:8-14.

Apparently the king had not thought it necessary to summon the Council when the first terms were announced to him, inasmuch as they touched only himself. The fresh demands affected the people at large, and it became necessary, or at any rate fitting, that “the elders” should be consulted.