⁶ Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

¹² Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

⁷ I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

⁵ Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

² And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

¹⁰ Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

² And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:

³ That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.

⁴ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have given ear to you; see, I will make prayer to the Lord your God, as you have said; and it will be that, whatever the Lord may say in answer to you, I will give you word of it, keeping nothing back.

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.

² Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there: