1 Peter 2:13; 1 Peter 2:14; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Deuteronomy 16:18-20; Romans 13:1-5
What exact change Jehoshaphat made in the judicial system of Judah Deu 16:18 ; 1 Chronicles 23:4 , it is impossible to determine. Probably he f...
Jehu the prophet reproves Jehoshaphat for having allied himself with Ahab. These verses are mainly from the Chronicler, but see 1 Kings 16:1 ff....
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, He set judges in the land. There had been judicial cou...
Reign of Jehoshaphat (continued) The chapter narrates how Jehoshaphat was reproved by the seer Jehu for helping Ahab, and how he instituted judges...
He set judges ] Local courts of justice may have existed before, but Jehoshaphat improved them, and likewise established a court in the capital, whi...
And he set. — Appointed, or stationed. The fenced cities. — As being the chief centres of each district. City by city. — For every city,...
JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE 2 Chronicles 17:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 18:1-34 ; 2 Chronicles 19:1-11 ; 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 ASA was...
Returning to Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat was rebuked by Jehu, the son of Hanani, in words which it would be well for all of us perpetually to bear in mind...
We hear of no complaint nor anger in Jehoshaphat, like that of Asa at the reproof of the prophet. But we find on the contrary, his heart setting abou...
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city ,.... Inferior judges in lesser courts of judicature than that...
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, Ver. 5. And he set judges in the land. ] Judges they had...
He set judges in the land, city by city In every city, for itself and the country adjacent, that justice might be administered with the most ease a...
JEHOSHAPHAT REPROVED (vv.1-3) Jehoshaphat's experience with Ahab ought to have been enough to speak deeply to him as to the folly of bad associa...
5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: fo...
In every city, for itself and the country adjacent, that justice might be administered with the most ease and convenience to the people, and they mig...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is entirely additional to Kings, and of great interest. It deals with three matters only, the rebuke addressed to Jehos...
REFLECTIONS . Wisdom is well bought, if it be not bought too dear. Jehoshaphat returned from the battle at Ramoth-gilead, beaten indeed by the Assyr...
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. Jehoshaphat’s declension and recovery I. God makes a difference...
And he set Judges in the land. Good government should be the result of piety in rulers Alfred the Great was a distinguished statesman and warri...
EXPOSITION The matter of this chapter is preserved for us by the writer of Chronicles alone, and is of much significance. After glancing at the...
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, Cf Deuteronomy 16:18-20 , establishing local courts in every fortified city...
Judges and Levites in Judah
5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,