2 Chronicles 19:5

And he establishes judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, for every city,

Literal Standard Version

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 dwells in Jerusalem, and he turns back and goes out among the people from Beer-Sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brings them back to YHWH, God of their fathers.

6and says to the ones judging, “See what you are doing—for you do not judge for man, but for YHWH, who [is] with you in the matter of judgment;

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42and they have taken other stones, and brought [them] to the place of the stones, and he takes other clay and has coated the house.

2 Chronicles 19:8And also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat has appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of YHWH, and for strife; and they return to Jerusalem,

1 Peter 2:13Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the LORD, whether to a king, as the highest,

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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