Entry 37
2Chr 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
The Kingly Wisdom of Divine Counsel
Prov 11:14 Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers [there is] safety.
Prov 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.
Prov 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers [there is] safety.
Prov 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.
Prov 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers [there is] safety.
Hezekiah Made Use Of Wise Counsel
See the following four examples
See the following four examples
1) 2Chr 29:2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
2) 2Chr 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
2Chr 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
2Chr 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments [ordained] by David king of Israel.
3) 2Chr 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
4) 2Chr 32:3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him.
2Chr 32:20 And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
2) 2Chr 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
2Chr 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
2Chr 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments [ordained] by David king of Israel.
3) 2Chr 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
4) 2Chr 32:3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him.
2Chr 32:20 And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
Notable result of counsel and prayer with Isaiah
2Chr 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
2Chr 32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [other], and guided them on every side.
2Kgs 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
Isaiah 37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
In addition to assembling and fellowshipping with our brothers and sisters in Christ, the Lord has provided us with much counsel in the New testament. Read the Bible. Read the New Testament. Let the Apostles and the Holy Spirit of God speak wisdom to you through the Divine inspiration of scripture.
Remember our ultimate and primary fellowship is with Christ. What better place for Divine Counsel than from the The Counselor Himself?
1John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Matt 18:16 But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Matt 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Matt 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matt 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Matt 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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