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
"Among old persons there is wisdom, and among the aged is understanding.
Job 32:7
for I thought thus within myself: It becometh old men to speak, and the aged to teach wisdom.
Proverbs 12:15
Look: what a fool taketh in hand, he thinketh it well done; but he that is wise, will be counseled.
Proverbs 19:20
O give ear unto good counsel, and be content to be reformed; that thou mayest be wise here after.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, see thou forsake not; but go not into thy brother's house in time of thy trouble. Better is a friend at hand than a brother far off.
Jeremiah 42:2
and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, "O hear our petition, that thou mayest pray for us unto the LORD thy God, and for the remnant, whereof there be very few left of many, as thou seest us:

What counsel

2 Samuel 16:20
Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel, "Give counsel what is best for us to do."
2 Samuel 17:5
Then said Absalom, "Call also Hushai the Archite and let us hear his sentence."