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. 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29.) The judges would be Levites, and probably also priests and family chiefs, as in the case of Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 19:8).