1 Kings 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
The king of Israel called all the elders of the land together to point out that Ben-hadad was seeking to do him harm. Ben-hadad had sent to demand his wives and his children and his silver and his gold, and he had denied him nothing. Even though nothing had been refused, Ben-hadad still pressed his demands further.
The verse belongs to the account in which Ben-hadad, king of Syria, came against Ahab with a mighty army. In that conflict God gave Ahab victory through a prophet's warning. That warning made clear that the victory came from Jehovah. The defeat of Ben-hadad, king of Syria, was another effort by God to win the weak Ahab.
The verse stands within the history of the two separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel for about eighty years, from the revolt of the ten tribes to the death of Jehoshaphat. That history covers the reigns of several kings of both Judah and Israel. It is part of the historical record of Israel's kings showing a general moral decline interrupted by times of revival. That record teaches that leaders bear responsibility for the people, with faithful leaders shaping them toward God and leaders who fail to lead rightly contributing to their failure.