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2 Chronicles 19:5
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2 Chronicles 19:5
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5 He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.[a]
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- 2 Chronicles 19:5 tn Heb “in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.”
2 Chronicles 19:8
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2 Chronicles 19:8
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8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord[a] and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.[b]
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- 2 Chronicles 19:8 tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 19:8 tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshevu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshevey, “residents of”).
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