2 Chronicles 19:1-6

1 Yehoshafat the king of Yehudah returned to his house in shalom to Yerushalayim.

2 Yehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Yehoshafat, Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? for this thing wrath is on you from before the LORD.

3 Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asherot out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.

4 Yehoshafat lived at Yerushalayim: and he went out again among the people from Be'er-Sheva to the hill-country of Efrayim, and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

5 He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Yehudah, city by city,

6 and said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for the LORD; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 19

Jehoshaphat returning from the battle at Ramothgilead, was met by a prophet, who reproved him for helping the ungodly, 2Ch 19:1-3, which quickened him to a greater regard for the reformation of his kingdom, 2Ch 19:4, and he set judges in all the cities of Judah, and exhorted them to do justice, 2Ch 19:5-7, and in the city of Jerusalem he appointed priests and Levites for the same purpose, and gave them a strict charge, and animated and encouraged them to perform their office faithfully, 2Ch 19:8-11.