* as if.
  Nu 27:21  1Sa 30:8  Ps 28:2  1Pe 4:11 
 * oracle of God.  Heb. word of God.
  Ps 19:7 
 * so was.
   The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom
   was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and
   atrocity.  He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in
   order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of
   a reconciliation with David.  The wives of a conquered king
   were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing
   these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.
 
 * all the counsel.
  17:14,23  Job 5:12  28:28  Jer 4:22  8:9  Mt 11:25  Lu 16:8  Ro 1:22 
  1Co 3:19,20  Jas 3:13-18 
 * both.
  15:12  Ec 10:1