and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.

I will instruct and teach you ¹  about how you should live. ²  I will advise you as I look you in the eye. ³ 

Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised ¹  the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests. ² 

All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.” ¹ 

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, ¹  for his mother gave him evil advice. ² 

How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly ¹  revealed your insight!

If you lay your hand on it, you will remember ¹  the fight, and you will never do it again!

O ¹  my son, O son of my womb, O son ²  of my vows,

Who comprehends ¹  the mind ²  of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor? ³ 

The ¹  disciples said to him, “If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

saying, “This man is persuading ¹  people to worship God in a way contrary to ²  the law!”

“Therefore be advised ¹  that this salvation from God ²  has been sent to the Gentiles; ³  they ⁴  will listen!” ⁵ 

But I say, live ¹  by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. ² 

So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ¹  so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

Now the advisers ¹  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; ¹  Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?” ² 

The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ¹  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ²  along with a large army. The chief adviser ³  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁴ 

Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, ¹  and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he ²  had erected.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw ¹  into ²  the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.”

They have been informed about you – that you teach all the Jews now living ¹  among the Gentiles to abandon ²  Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children ³  or live ⁴  according to our customs.