2 Chronicles 19:5

And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in every place.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Josaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again to the people from Bersabee to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord the God of their fathers.

6And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42And that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away, and the house be plastered with other mortar.

2 Chronicles 19:8In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

1 Peter 2:13Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling;

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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