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2 Chronicles 19 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Jehoshaphat Returns to Jerusalem

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 -

Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2 - And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him to his face and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate Yahweh and [fn]so bring wrath on yourself from Yahweh?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - “But some good has been found in you, for you have purged the [fn]Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 -

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. Indeed, he returned and went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and caused them to return back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - And he appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, in each city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6 - And he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Yahweh who is with you [fn]when you render judgment.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:7 - “So now then let the dread of Yahweh be upon you; [fn]be careful what you do, because [fn]with Yahweh our God there is no unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 -

In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh and to judge [fn]disputes. So they returned to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:9 - Then he commanded them saying, “Thus you shall do in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully and wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - “Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before Yahweh and wrath may not come on you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “And behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in [fn]all that pertains to Yahweh, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in [fn]all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Be strong and act, and Yahweh be with the one who is good.”
LSB Footnotes
Lit by this
Wooden pillars
Lit in the word of judgment
Lit be careful and do
Lit there is not with Yahweh our God
As in M.T.; or And they lived in Jerusalem; LXX and Vg. disputes and they returned to Jerusalem
Lit every matter of
Lit every matter of
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