2 Chronicles 19:4-6

New English Translation

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

⁴ Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow^[a] the Lord God of their ancestors.^{[b] 5} He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.^{[c] 6} He told the judges, “Be careful what you do,^[d] for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.