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And they lived in Jerusalem. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests and clan leaders in Israel to serve as judges for cases involving the LORD’s regulations and for civil disputes. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the LORD and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/19.htm">King James Bible</a> Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Moreover in Jerusalem, for the judgment of the LORD and for controversies, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the chief fathers of Israel, when they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some of 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. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers&#8217 households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And 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 the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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 disputes. So they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jehoshaphat also appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites and priests and some of the Israelite family heads for deciding the LORD’s will and for settling disputes of the residents of Jerusalem. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jehoshaphat also appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites and priests and some of the heads of the Israelite families for deciding the LORD&#8217s will and for settling disputes of the residents of Jerusalem. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jehoshaphat also chose some Levites, some priests, and some of the family leaders, and he appointed them to serve as judges in Jerusalem. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some Levites, priests, and family heads from Israel to administer the LORD's laws and decide cases. They lived in Jerusalem. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites, priests, and some of the leading citizens as judges in cases involving a violation of the Law of the LORD or legal disputes between inhabitants of the city. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat also appointed certain descendants of Levi, priests, and family leaders of Israel to render verdicts for the LORD and to decide difficult cases. Their offices were in Jerusalem. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/19.htm">NET Bible</a> In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/19.htm">World English Bible</a> Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites, priests, and heads of the fathers’ households of Israel to give judgment for Yahweh and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat has appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of YHWH, and for strife; and they return to Jerusalem, <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem, <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat set up from the Levites and the priests, and from the heads to the fathers to Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah and for contention; and they will turn back to Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Jehoshaphat also appointed Levites and priests and leaders of families, out of Israel, in Jerusalem, so that they might judge the judgment and purpose of the Lord for its inhabitants. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/19.htm">New American Bible</a> In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites and priests and some of the family heads of Israel for the LORD’s judgment and the disputes of those who dwell in Jerusalem. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the LORD and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Moreover in Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed men of the Levites and of the priests and of the chiefs of the fathers of the children of Israel for the judgment of the LORD; then he returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also in Jerusalem Yehoshaphat appointed some Levites, and some Priests, and some Chiefs of the fathers of the children of Israel for the judgment of LORD JEHOVAH, and he returned to Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Moreover Josaphat 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. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=4491" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/19.htm">Jehoshaphat's Reforms</a> …7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” 8<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Moreover,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3092.htm" title="3092: yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ (N-proper-ms) -- From Yhovah and shaphat; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem.">Jehoshaphat</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: he·‘ĕ·mîḏ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">some of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: ū·mê·rā·šê (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">and heads</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: lə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of the Israelite</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">families</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: lə·miš·paṭ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Judgment. ">to judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">on behalf of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: wə·lā·rîḇ (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">and to settle disputes.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šu·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">And they lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem.</a> 9He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18-20</a> You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. / Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. / Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Exodus 18:21-22</a> Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. / Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-16.htm">Deuteronomy 1:16-17</a> At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. / Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.” <a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm">1 Chronicles 23:4</a> “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges, <a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">2 Chronicles 19:5-7</a> He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. / Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment. / And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” <a href="/ezra/7-25.htm">Ezra 7:25-26</a> And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them. / If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment. <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-3</a> At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Nehemiah 9:38</a> In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.” <a href="/nehemiah/10-28.htm">Nehemiah 10:28-29</a> “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand, / hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. <a href="/psalms/82-1.htm">Psalm 82:1-4</a> A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods: / “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah / Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. ... <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a> Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3</a> This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. <a href="/john/7-24.htm">John 7:24</a> Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.Levites<a href="/2_chronicles/17-8.htm">2 Chronicles 17:8</a> And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.<a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Deuteronomy 17:8-13</a> If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; … <a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm">1 Chronicles 23:4</a> Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:the judgment<a href="/exodus/18-19.htm">Exodus 18:19-26</a> Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: … <a href="/deuteronomy/21-5.htm">Deuteronomy 21:5</a> And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:<a href="/deuteronomy/25-1.htm">Deuteronomy 25:1</a> If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/3-28.htm">Administer</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-16.htm">Causes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Controversies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-15.htm">Decide</a> <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">Families</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-32.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">Households</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-34.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">Jehosh'aphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-7.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-6.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-8.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-4.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-8.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-14.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-44.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-33.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/9-8.htm">Administer</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-21.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-18.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-15.htm">Causes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-11.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/acts/26-3.htm">Controversies</a> <a href="/job/19-5.htm">Decide</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">Families</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-6.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-9.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">Households</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-2.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Jehosh'aphat</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-5.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-11.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-11.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-4.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/job/33-19.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-27.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 19</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/19-1.htm">Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehu, visits his kingdom</a> 5. <a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">His instructions to the judges</a> 8. <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">to the priests and Levites</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His appointment of officials in Jerusalem signifies a centralization of judicial authority, reflecting the importance of Jerusalem as the spiritual and administrative center of Judah. This action aligns with his broader reforms to ensure justice and adherence to God's laws.some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families The Levites and priests were integral to the religious life of Israel, responsible for temple duties and teaching the Law. By involving them in judicial matters, Jehoshaphat ensured that decisions were grounded in the Law of God. The heads of the Israelite families, or tribal leaders, brought wisdom and experience, representing the people and ensuring that justice was administered fairly. This combination of religious and lay leaders highlights a theocratic approach to governance.to judge on behalf of the LORD Judging on behalf of the LORD implies that these appointed officials were to administer justice according to divine standards, not merely human wisdom. This reflects the biblical principle that true justice is rooted in God's character and law. It underscores the belief that God is the ultimate judge, and human judges are His representatives, tasked with upholding His righteousness.and to settle disputes The role of these appointed officials was not only to judge but also to mediate and resolve conflicts among the people. This function was crucial for maintaining peace and order in society. The emphasis on settling disputes aligns with the biblical call for justice and reconciliation, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18-20</a>, which instructs the appointment of judges to ensure justice.And they lived in Jerusalem The residence of these officials in Jerusalem ensured their availability and accessibility to the people seeking justice. It also placed them in close proximity to the temple, reinforcing the connection between civil and religious duties. Living in Jerusalem, the city of David and the location of the temple, symbolized their commitment to serving God and the community. This arrangement reflects the central role of Jerusalem in the life of Israel, both as a political and spiritual hub.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jehoshaphat.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> The king of Judah who sought to bring his people back to the ways of the Lord. He is known for his reforms and efforts to establish justice and righteousness in the land. 2. <a href="/topical/l/levites_and_priests.htm">Levites and Priests</a> Members of the tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties. They played a crucial role in teaching the Law and maintaining the spiritual life of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/h/heads_of_the_israelite_families.htm">Heads of the Israelite Families</a> Leaders among the tribes of Israel, responsible for representing their families and tribes in matters of governance and justice. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, a central place of worship and governance for the Israelites. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judging_for_the_lord.htm">Judging for the LORD</a> The act of making decisions and resolving disputes according to God's laws and principles, emphasizing justice and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a> Jehoshaphat's actions demonstrate the necessity of leaders who prioritize God's laws and justice. In our communities, we should support and pray for leaders who seek to govern with integrity and righteousness. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_community_in_justice.htm">Role of the Community in Justice</a> The involvement of Levites, priests, and family heads shows that justice is a communal responsibility. We are called to participate actively in promoting fairness and resolving conflicts in our spheres of influence. <a href="/topical/j/judging_with_god's_wisdom.htm">Judging with God's Wisdom</a> Decisions should be made with a heart aligned to God's wisdom and principles. In our personal lives, we should seek God's guidance in making fair and just decisions. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_in_leadership.htm">Accountability in Leadership</a> Leaders are accountable to God for their actions. This reminds us to hold our leaders accountable and to pray for them to lead with godly wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 19</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_2_chronicles_19_5-7_reforms.htm">What archaeological or historical evidence supports the reforms and judicial appointments described in 2 Chronicles 19:5–7? </a> <a href="/q/contradictions_in_jehoshaphat's_reign.htm">Are there any contradictions between 2 Chronicles 19 and parallel accounts in Kings regarding Jehoshaphat’s reign and reforms?</a> <a href="/q/ahaziah's_age_when_he_began_to_rule.htm">How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem? Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_levites_in_2_chr_23_8.htm">What evidence supports the existence of the Levites and captains mentioned in 2 Chronicles 23:8, and how do we reconcile any lack of external records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Did . . . set.--Appointed some of the Levites.Chief of the fathers.--Heads of the clans of families. (Comp. <a href="/context/exodus/18-21.htm" title="Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:">Exodus 18:21-26</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/1-15.htm" title="So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.">Deuteronomy 1:15-17</a>, where the judicial functions of the family 'chiefs are said to have been ordained by Moses.) The 6,000 Levites set apart by David to be writers (shoterim) and judges (<a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm" title="Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:">1Chronicles 23:4</a>) appear to have been intended to act as their assessors, as being professional experts in the Law. In this measure, it is probable that David merely systematised traditional usage. Jehoshaphat re-organised the administration of justice throughout the country, and established a superior tribunal, or High Court of Appeal, in the capital, such as <a href="/context/deuteronomy/17-8.htm" title="If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;">Deuteronomy 17:8-12</a> prescribe.For the judgment of the Lord.--Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/19-11.htm" title="And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.">2Chronicles 19:11</a> : "For every matter of Jehovah," i.e., for all ecclesiastical as opposed to civil causes. The latter are here called "controversies" (ribh, strife, litigation), and in <a href="/2_chronicles/19-11.htm" title="And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.">2Chronicles 19:11</a>, "every matter of the king." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - This and the following three verses close the immediate subject by stating with some emphasis the reform in the metropolis itself, of the "supreme tribunal," as it has been called (<a href="/exodus/18-19.htm">Exodus 18:19, 20, 26</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/17-9.htm">Deuteronomy 17:9, 10, 12</a>), composed of Levites, priests, and chief of the fathers of Israel; i.e. probably heads of the whole family that went by the same name. Of course every father was head of his own family, but only one (such as in modern times by primogeniture the eldest son) the representative head of the entire family, and under this expression is no doubt naturally set forth only those families that were of some relative consideration or distinction. For the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies. Considering the plainer distinction in the language of vex. 11, there can be no doubt that the words, "for the judgment of the Lord," do not intend simply to describe godly judgment, but point to dues payable to the Lord in some religious aspect: "Render to Caesar... and to God the things that are God's" (<a href="/matthew/22-21.htm">Matthew 22:21</a>; <a href="/mark/12-17.htm">Mark 12:17</a>; <a href="/luke/20-25.htm">Luke 20:25</a>); while the words, "and for controversies," point to the mutual strifes of the people. When they returned; Hebrew, "and they returned." It has been proposed to remove this clause so as to begin the next verse with it (and so the Revised Version shows as a clause by itself, "And they returned to Jerusalem"), and, to make this fit the better, the word did in the first line of the verse is changed into "had." It is, however, possible to render the clause, "And they dwelt in Jerusalem,' which would make a far mere coherent sense, and would mark the permanence and stationariness of this chief court. <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In Jerusalem בִּ֠ירוּשָׁלִַם (bî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel Jehoshaphat יְהוֹשָׁפָ֜ט (yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3092.htm">Strong's 3092: </a> Jehoshaphat -- 'the LORD has judged', the name of a number of Israelites also וְגַ֣ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and appointed הֶעֱמִ֨יד (he·‘ĕ·mîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations some of מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the Levites, הַלְוִיִּ֣ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi priests, וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים (wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest and heads וּמֵרָאשֵׁ֤י (ū·mê·rā·šê) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head of the Israelite לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc families הָאָבוֹת֙ (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father to judge לְמִשְׁפַּ֥ט (lə·miš·paṭ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style on behalf of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH and to settle disputes. וְלָרִ֑יב (wə·lā·rîḇ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> Strife, dispute And they lived וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (way·yā·šu·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again in Jerusalem. יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">2 Chronicles 19:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 19:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 19:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 19:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 19:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>