And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”
Here is, I. The threatening descent which Ben-hadad made upon Ahab's kingdom, and the siege he laid to Samaria, his royal city, Kg1 20:1. What the ground of the quarrel was we are not told; covetousness and ambition were the principle, which would never want some pretence or other.
Commenting on 1 Kings 20:1-11
And all the elders and all the people said unto him,.... They were unanimous in their advice: hearken not unto him, nor consent; promising, no doubt, that they would stand by him.
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not [unto him], nor consent. (d) They thought it their duty to risk their lives, rather than grant that thing which was not lawful, only to satisfy the lust of a tyrant.