2 Chronicles 19

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1 And returned Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, in the world to his house in Jerusalem.
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, and said to king Jehoshaphat, [should] Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? During this wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, because thou hast destroyed the idols in the land [of Judah] and his heart to to seek God.
4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. And he went out again the people of [his] from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
6 and I said to the judges, Take heed what you do, you judge not for man, but for the LORD; and [He is] with you in the judgment.
7 So let the fear of the Lord is upon you; take heed, for there the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set [some] of the Levites and priests and heads of the fathers of Israel - to the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.
9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a pure heart:
10 cause soever shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and there would be no anger [His] on you and on your brothers; Thus shall ye do, --and you do not trespass.
eleven And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, prince of the house of Judah, in all the work of the king, and officers the Levites before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD be with the good.

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