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Thereupon Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed that Chusai the Arachite had given better counsel than Achitophel. Whereas in truth Achitophel’s advice was the more to their purpose, but the Lord foiled it, to compass Absalom’s ruin. (2 Samuel 17, 14)
Then Chusai told the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, what Achitophel’s counsel had been, and what his own; (2 Samuel 17, 15)
and he, not content with disobeying, has brought a false charge against me before my lord the king. But thou, my lord king, art wise as an angel of God; do what thou wilt. (2 Samuel 19, 27)
But now a wise woman cried out from within the city, A word with you, a word with you! Bid Joab come here, and let me speak to him. (2 Samuel 20, 16)
There is an old proverb, she told him, that says, They who ask counsel must ask it at Abela; and so they did.✻ (2 Samuel 20, 18)
Great love had Solomon for the Lord, and followed the counsel of his father David, though indeed he too went to mountain shrines, to sacrifice and offer up incense. (1 Kings 3, 3)
When Solomon’s message reached Hiram, great was the joy it gave him; Blessed be the Lord God, said he, for what he has done this day, in granting David so wise a son to rule so populous a kingdom. (1 Kings 5, 7)
his father had been a Tyrian, but his mother, now a widow, belonged to the tribe of Nephthali. A craftsman in bronze, wise, adroit and skilful at doing a brazier’s work; and to do such work king Solomon had now summoned him. (1 Kings 7, 14)
And when she saw how wise a man he was, saw, too, the house he had built, (1 Kings 10, 4)
Happy thy folk, happy these servants of thine who wait ever upon thy presence and listen to thy wise words. (1 Kings 10, 8)
But he left their advice unheeded, and took counsel instead with the younger men who had grown up with him; (1 Kings 12, 8)
Why yes, the king of Israel told him, there is one man through whom we might ask for the Lord’s counsel, Michaeas the son of Jemla, yet is he no friend of mine; still he will be prophesying that ill fortune is to befall me, never good. Nay, my lord king, said Josaphat, think better of it. (1 Kings 22, 8)
