2 Samuel 16:20
Good News Translation
Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and said, "Now that we are here, what do you advise us to do?"

New Revised Standard Version
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your counsel; what shall we do?”

Contemporary English Version
Absalom turned to Ahithophel and said, "Give us your advice! What should we do?"

New American Bible
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Offer your counsel on what we should do.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.

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And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.

Give counsel

Exodus 1:10 Come let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply: and if any war shall rise against us, join with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart out of the land.

Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Psalm 37:12,13 The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth. . . .

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.

Isaiah 29:15 Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

Matthew 27:1 And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

Acts 4:23-28 And being let go, they came to their own company and related all that the chief priests and ancients had said to them. . . .

Context
The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai
19Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also. 20And Absalom said to Achitophel: Consult what we are to do.21And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:19
Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.

2 Samuel 16:21
And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee.

2 Samuel 16:19
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