took counsel: Job 12:12-13, Job 32:7; Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 19:20, Proverbs 27:10; Jeremiah 42:2-5, Jeremiah 42:20
What counsel: 2 Samuel 16:20, 2 Samuel 17:5-6
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2 Chronicles 10:6
2 Chronicles 10:6
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