1 Kings 20:7

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Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.

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  • 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?
  • 1 Chr 13:1 : 1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.
  • 1 Chr 28:1 : 1 And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
  • Ps 62:3 : 3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
  • Ps 140:2 : 2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
  • Prov 11:14 : 14 When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.
  • Prov 11:27 : 27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.
  • Prov 24:2 : 2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
  • Dan 11:27 : 27 And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.
  • Rom 3:13-18 : 13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood; 16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways; 17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
  • 1 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:2-6
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    2 And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;

    3 And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.

    4 And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.

    5 Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;

    6 But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.

  • 1 Kgs 20:8-9
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    8 And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

    9 So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

  • 2 Kgs 6:10-13
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    10 So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.

    11 And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?

    12 And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.

    13 Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.

  • 1 Kgs 21:6-7
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    72%

    6 And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.

    7 Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  • 1 Kgs 22:18
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    18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?

  • 2 Kgs 6:31-32
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    31 Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

    32 But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

  • 2 Chr 18:17
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    17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

  • 1 Kgs 20:39-41
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    39 And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.

    40 But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.

    41 Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.

  • 2 Kgs 5:7
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    7 But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?

  • 2 Sam 12:11
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    11 The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
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    13 But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.

  • 2 Sam 14:16
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    16 For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

  • 1 Kgs 21:20
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    20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
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    9 Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

  • 1 Kgs 21:1-2
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    1 Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.

    2 And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants, for it is near my house; and let me give you a better vine-garden in exchange, or, if it seems good to you, let me give you its value in money.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
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    13 Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31
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    31 Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    70%

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    70%

    7 And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 3:10
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    10 And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.

  • 1 Kgs 20:43
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    43 Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 10:5
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    5 So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.

  • 1 Kgs 20:33
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    33 Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11-12
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    69%

    11 Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.

    12 Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
    69%

    26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

  • 2 Chr 18:30
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    30 Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
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    21 And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?

  • 2 Sam 19:27
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    27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

  • 1 Kgs 22:5
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    5 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 18:19
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    19 And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

  • 1 Kgs 21:18
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    18 Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
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    9 And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

  • 2 Sam 14:18
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    18 Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

  • 1 Kgs 22:31
    69%

    31 Now the king of Aram had given orders to the thirty-two captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 18:8
    69%

    8 Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.