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But at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you,[a](A) and they will search your palace and your servants’ houses. They will lay their hands on and take away whatever is precious to you.” ’

Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, ‘Recognise[b] that this one is only looking for trouble,(B) for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.’

All the elders and all the people said to him, ‘Don’t listen or agree.’

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Footnotes

  1. 20:6 Lit take all the delight of your eyes
  2. 20:7 Lit ‘Know and see