He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.

They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius of Persia.