2 Chronicles 19:5

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

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In The King James Version

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

In Context

4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back to LORD, the God of their fathers.

6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do. For ye judge not for man, but for LORD, and [he is] with you in the judgment.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones. And he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

2 Chronicles 19:8Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat set from the Levites and the priests, and from the heads of the fathers of Israel for the judgment of LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

1 Peter 2:13Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 19:2-5

Jehoshaphat's Piety. ( b. c. 897.) 1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord . 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and… Read the whole commentary →

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