And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
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Gill's Exposition
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 at Jerusalem, and that in every city, that judgment…
Barnes' Notes
What exact change Jehoshaphat made in the judicial system of Judah Deu 16:18; 1Ch 23:4, it is impossible to determine. Probably he found corruption widely spread 2Ch 19:7, and the magistrates in some…
Jehoshaphat, having done what he could to make his people good, is here providing, if possible, to keep them so by the influence of a settled magistracy. He had sent preachers among them, to instruct…
Cambridge Bible
and he set judges Cp. 2Ch 19:11 "also the Levites shall be officers"; and Deu 16:18 "judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates."
In the earliest days justice was administered in…
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