2 Chronicles 19:5
New International Version
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

New Living Translation
He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified towns,

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

Berean Standard Bible
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

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

New King James Version
Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

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

NASB 1995
He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

NASB 1977
And he appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, in each city.

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

Christian Standard Bible
He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.

American Standard Version
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he raised up Judges in the land, in all the fortress towns of Yehuda and in the fortified cities

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he appointed judges in all the strong cities of Juda, city by city.

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He appointed judges in the country, in each fortified city of Judah.

Good News Translation
He appointed judges in each of the fortified cities of Judah

International Standard Version
and appointing judges throughout the land in all of the walled cities of Judah, city by city. He issued this reminder to the judges:

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Literal Standard Version
And he establishes judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, for every city,

Majority Standard Bible
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

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

NET Bible
He appointed judges throughout the land and 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,

New Heart English Bible
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Webster's Bible Translation
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

World English Bible
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Young's Literal Translation
And he establisheth judges in the land, in all the fenced cities of Judah, for every city,

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Context
Jehoshaphat's Reforms
4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers. 5He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. 6Then 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.…

Cross References
Matthew 5:21
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Do not murder' and 'Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.'

Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be subject to the fire of hell.

Exodus 18:21
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.

Deuteronomy 1:17
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."

Deuteronomy 16:18
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

2 Chronicles 19:8
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.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment…

Romans 13:1-5
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God…

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2 Chronicles 19
1. Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehu, visits his kingdom
5. His instructions to the judges
8. to the priests and Levites














(5) And he set.--Appointed, or stationed.

The fenced cities.--As being the chief centres of each district.

City by city.--For every city, according to the Law, Deuteronomy 16:18, "in all thy gates." (Comp. 1Chronicles 23:4; 1Chronicles 26:29.) The judges would be Levites, and probably also priests and family chiefs, as in the case of Jerusalem (2Chronicles 19:8).

Verse 5. - Judges... fenced cities. Jehoshaphat proceeds from direct religious reforms to that which is of importance only second in the life of a nation - reform in the matter of civil administration of justice. The skeleton here given of what should be the character of a judge, and why, harmonizes well with the uniform stress laid in Scripture upon "justice and judgment." It is hard indeed to see, rather impossible, upon what foundation a sure structure of civil growth and stability can be laid, except on that of positive religion. Note the positions and the succinct arguments of vers. 6, 7; and how unequivocally they are based upon faith in a personal God, and upon his revealed character. It can scarcely be that this was the first time of judges being set in the cities of Judah but possibly the meaning intended to be conveyed with emphasis is, that now, looking well round his kingdom, he took care that all the cities should be properly provided with the necessary judges, while of late some had been, and some had not, and some, though they had been officered with judges, had found them not what judges ought to be. The immense majority of the "six thousand" Levite "officers and judges" of David's regulation (1 Chronicles 23:4; 36:29) had, with their superiors, kings and prophets, gone astray. With our present passage may be compared Deuteronomy 16:18-20, where the original enactment of judges and officers is narrated. Fenced cities. Hebrew for "fenced," בְּצֻרות; kal passive part. plur. The word occurs twenty-six times from the Book of Numbers to the Book of the Prophet Zechariah, and is rendered in the Authorized Version "fenced" or "defenced" twenty-two times, "walled" twice, "strong" once, and "mighty" once. The "gates" of the original institution in Deuteronomy are now (probably still the gates of) fenced cities.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He appointed
וַיַּעֲמֵ֨ד (way·ya·‘ă·mêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

judges
שֹֽׁפְטִ֜ים (šō·p̄ə·ṭîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

in the land,
בָּאָ֗רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

in each of
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the fortified
הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת (hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose

cities
עָרֵ֧י (‘ā·rê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 5892: Excitement

of Judah.
יְהוּדָ֛ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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