4. Then the king of Israel answered and said, “As your word, my master the king; I am yours, and all that is mine is yours.”
5. The messengers returned and said, “Thus says Ben-Hadad, saying, ‘I sent to you saying, “Your silver and gold are mine, and your women and your best sons you must give to me.”
6. So at this time tomorrow, I will send my servants to you that they might search your house and the houses of your servants. All the desire of your eyes they will lay hands on and take it away.’ ”
7. Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Please know and realize that this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my women, my sons, my silver, and my gold, and I did not withhold anything from him.”
8. All of the elders and all of the people said to him, “Do not listen and do not consent.”