David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred. ¹ 

¹ They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. ²  Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?” ³ 

They carefully plot ¹  against your people, and make plans to harm ²  the ones you cherish. ³ 

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹ 

one who casts spells, ¹  one who conjures up spirits, ²  a practitioner of the occult, ³  or a necromancer. ⁴ 

Yes, ¹  they devise a unified strategy; ²  they form an alliance ³  against you.

For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise. ¹ 

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork ¹  in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: ²  He shakes arrows, he consults idols, ³  he examines ⁴  animal livers. ⁵ 

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

to reveal his Son in ¹  me so that I could preach him ²  among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from ³  any human being, ⁴ 

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹ 

After ¹  consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

After ¹  they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ¹  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ²  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. ¹ 

He met ¹  with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.” ² 

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law ¹  and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. ² 

They ¹  planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs ¹  outside the city, and they supported him.