◄ 2 Chronicles 19:5 ►
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Good News Translation
He appointed judges in each of the fortified cities of Judah

New Revised Standard Version
He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Contemporary English Version
He assigned judges to each of the fortified cities in Judah

New American Bible
He appointed judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in every place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in every place.

2 Chronicles 19:8 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.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment, . . .

Romans 13:1-5 Let every soul be subject to higher powers. For there is no power but from God: and those that are ordained of God. . . .

1 Peter 2:13,14 Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling, . . .

Context
Jehoshaphat's Reforms
4And Josaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again to the people from Bersabee to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord the God of their fathers. 5And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in every place.6And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:21
You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment.

Matthew 5:22
But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Exodus 18:21
And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

Deuteronomy 1:17
There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 16:18
Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

2 Chronicles 19:4
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