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He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.[a]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 19:5 tn Heb “in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.”

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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  1. 2 Chronicles 19:8 tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”
  2. 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”).