2 Chronicles 19:8-10

8 In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some ¹of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

9 Then he charged them saying, "Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly *.

10 "²Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brethren who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before the LORD, and ³wrath may not come on you and your brethren. Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty.

2 Chronicles 19:8-10 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 17:8, 9
• 2. Deuteronomy 17:8
• 3. 2 Chronicles 19:2

Footnotes

• [a] So the versions; Heb reads "disputes. And they returned to Jerusalem," or "And they lived in Jerusalem"