2 Chronicles 19:5

And he appointed judges in all the strong cities of Judah, city by city.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 in Jerusalem: and he again went out among the people from Beersheba to the mount of Ephraim, and turned them back to the Lord God of their fathers.

6And he said to the judges, Take good heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, and with you are matters of judgment.

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Cross References

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

2 Chronicles 19:8Moreover Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the priests, and Levites, and heads of houses of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the dwellers in Jerusalem.

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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