And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. 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.
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1 Kings 20:8
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.