⁶ King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?

⁷ I said, 'Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.'

²⁰ For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

² and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray you, our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:

³ that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

⁴ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

¹⁰ Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

²⁰ Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who is wise listens to counsel.

¹² With aged men is wisdom, In length of days understanding.

¹³ "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

⁸ "Please inquire of past generations, Find out about the learning of their fathers.

⁹ (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.)

⁵ Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

⁶ When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do [after] his saying? if not, speak up.

²⁰ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.