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2 Chronicles 19:5

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Chronicles 19:5

Verse 5 of 11

Scripture focus

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

2 Chronicles 19:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 19:5

Theological / Devotional

Set judges. Jehoshaphat revised the judicial system by establishing and maintaining efficient courts of justice, with a court of appeal at Jerusalem (see PK 197).

Fenced cities. There were probably local judges in the smaller villages, where minor cases could be decided. The local elders may have served as judges in the rural areas. Jehoshaphat appointed judges in the larger courts in the more important cities.

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