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2 Chronicles 19 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 -

Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house (palace) in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2 - Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the ungodly and love those who hate the LORD and in doing so bring wrath from the LORD on yourself?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - “But there are some good things found in you, for you have removed the Asherim (idols) from the land and you have set your heart to seek God [with all your soul’s desire].”
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So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6 - and he said to the judges, “Be careful what you do, for you do not judge for man, but for the LORD who is with you in the matter of judgment.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:7 - “So now let the fear (reverent awe) of the LORD be on you [to keep you from making unjust decisions]; be careful in what you do, for there is no injustice with the LORD our God, or partiality, or acceptance of a bribe.”
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In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the fathers’ households of Israel to render the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:9 - Then the king commanded them, “Do this in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - “Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers (relatives) who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, or between statutes and judgments, you are to warn [and instruct] them so that they may not be guilty before the LORD; otherwise [God’s] wrath will come on you and your brothers. Do this and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in all matters of the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters; and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright.”
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