2 Chronicles 19

And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah ^areturned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. ²And ^bJehu the son of Hanani ^cthe seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and ^dlove them that hate the Lord? therefore is ^ewrath upon thee from before the Lord. ³Nevertheless there are ^fgood things found in thee, in that thou hast ^gtaken away the groves out of the land, and hast ^hprepared thine heart to seek God. ⁴And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from ⁱBeer-sheba to ^jmount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers. ⁵And he set ^kjudges in the land throughout all ^lthe fenced cities of Judah, city by city, ⁶and said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ^mye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment. ⁷Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is ⁿno iniquity with the Lord our God, nor ^orespect of persons, nor taking of gifts. ⁸Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set ^pof the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, ^mfor the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. ⁹And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do ^qin the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a ^rperfect heart. ¹⁰And ^swhat cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even ^twarn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so ^uwrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: ^vthis do, and ye shall not trespass. ¹¹And behold, ^xAmariah the chief priest is over you ^yin all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, ^yfor all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

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