2 Chronicles 19:8

Contextual Overview

⁵ He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified towns, ⁵ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, ⁵ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, ⁵ Jehoshaphat appointed judges in all the land, in each of the strong, walled cities of Judah. ⁵ He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah. ⁵ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, ⁵ He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, ⁵He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, ⁵ He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, ⁵ And he ordeynede iugis of the lond in alle the strengthid citees of Juda, bi ech place.

Bible Verse Review
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Levites: 2 Chronicles 17:8, Deuteronomy 17:8-13, 1 Chronicles 23:4, 1 Chronicles 26:29

the judgment: Exodus 18:19-26, Deuteronomy 21:5, Deuteronomy 25:1

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 19:5 - General 2 Chronicles 19:11 - all matters Ezra 7:25 - set magistrates Psalms 122:5 - there Ezekiel 44:24 - in controversy

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."

Genesis 18:5
and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen your heart; after that you shall pass on: since you have come to your slave. And they said, Do so, as you have said.

Genesis 18:5
and I will get some bread for you so you can regain your strength. Then you may continue your journey." The three men said, "That is fine. Do as you said."

Genesis 18:5
And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:5
I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a piece of bread to refresh and sustain you; after that you may go on, since you have come to your servant." And they replied, "Do as you have said."

Genesis 18:5
and Y schal sette a mussel of breed, and youre herte be coumfortid; aftirward ye schulen passe; for herfor ye bowiden to youre seruaunt. Whiche seiden, Do thou as thou hast spoke.

Genesis 18:5
and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;' and they say, `So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.'

Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant's way. After that, you may continue on your way." "Yes," they replied, "you may do as you have said."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel,.... This was the great court of judicature, consisting of princes, priests, and Levites, of ecclesiastics and political persons; for causes of both sorts were brought thither:

for the judgment of the Lord; in things sacred, which related to the worship of God, and the support of it:

and for controversies; of a civil kind between man and man, whether pecuniary or capital, of a more private or public kind:

when they returned to Jerusalem; that is, this court was set up at Jerusalem, when Jehoshaphat, the priests, Levites, and chief men that went with him, returned thither.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “fathers of Israel” are the heads of families; the chief of the fathers” are the great patriarchal chiefs, the admitted heads of great houses or clans. They were now admitted to share in the judicial office which seems in David’s time to have been confined to the Levites 1 Chronicles 23:4.

For the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies - By the former are meant disputed cases concerning the performance of religious obligations. In “controversies” are included all the ordinary causes, whether criminal or civil.

When they returned to Jerusalem - Rather, “and they returned to Jerusalem,” a clause which if detached from the previous words and attached to 2 Chronicles 19:9, gives a satisfactory sense.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 19:8. And for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. — Who were they that returned to Jerusalem? Some suppose that it means Jehoshaphat and his courtiers, who returned to Jerusalem after the expedition mentioned 2 Chronicles 19:4: but if this were so, or if the text spoke of any person returning to Jerusalem, would not לירושלם lirushalem, TO Jerusalem, and not the simple word ירושלם Yerushalem, without the preposition, be used?

Learned men have supposed, with great plausibility, that the word וישבו vaiyashubu, "and they returned," should be written יושבי yoshebey, "the inhabitants," and that the words should be read, And for the controversies of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. That this was the original reading is very probable from its vestiges in the Vulgate, habitatoribus ejus, "its INHABITANTS;" and in the Septuagint it is found totidem verbis, Και κρινειν τους κατοικουντας εν Ἱερουσαλημ, And to judge the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

There is a clause in 2 Chronicles 34:9 where we have a similar mistake in our version: And they returned to Jerusalem, where the false keri, or marginal note, directs it, in opposition to common sense and ALL the versions, to be read and they returned, which our translation has unhappily followed.