1 Chronicles 27:32 - "Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe;"

Ezekiel 7:14 - "For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your hand."

Counselors were, apparently, the king’s state advisers, and it is even possible that the counselor was next in power to the king himself. These were worldly men of high intelligence, good education, and polished graces, as indeed they would have to be to be in such an honored position.

Nor were they exclusive to Israel. We find them mentioned as serving the rulers of surrounding nations: the Pharaoh o…