He sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, &c.— He sent of his princes Ben-hail, Obadiah, &c. The proper business of these princes in their circuit round the kingdom, says Bishop Patrick, was to admonish and require the people to observe the laws of God, and to leave the particular explication and enforcement of them to those of the sacred order who went with them, supporting them in the execution of their office, and obliging the people to receive them with respect, to hear them with attention, and to practise what they taught.
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2 Chronicles 17:7
7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.