Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Bible References

Took counsel

Job 12:12
Wisdom [is] with [the] aged, and understanding [is in] length of days.
Job 32:7
I thought, 'Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.'
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is upright in his [own] eyes, but he who listens to advice [is] wise.
Proverbs 19:20
Listen [to] advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.
Proverbs 27:10
As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
Jeremiah 42:2
and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "May our plea please fall {before you}, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, for all this remnant, for we are left [but] a few of many, as your eyes [are] seeing us.

What counsel

2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?"
2 Samuel 17:5
Then Absalom said, "Please call also for Hushai the Arkite, and let us hear {what he has to say} also."